Meanings
crochet1
plural crochets · alternative archaic crotchet
- countableuncountablebusinessA form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
- countableuncountablebiologyA certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.
present singular third person crochets · participle present crocheting · participle past crocheted · past crocheted · alternative archaic crotchet
- ambitransitiveTo make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
Crochet2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounneedlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
verbmake a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gerg-“tracery, basket, twist”
- Proto-Germanic*krōkaz“hook”
- Old Norsekrókr“hook, bend, bight”
- Frankish*krōk“hook”
- Old Frenchcroc“hook”
- Old Frenchcrochet
- Middle Frenchcrochet
- Frenchcrochet
- Englishcrochet
From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked.
More words from French, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كُرُوشِيه
- كُرُوشِيه (kurūšīh)needlework
Bulgarian плетене на една кука, плета на една кука
- плетене на една кука (pletene na edna kuka)needlework
- плета на една кука (pleta na edna kuka)to make needlework using a hooked needle
Catalan ganxet, fer ganxet
- ganxetneedlework
- fer ganxetto make needlework using a hooked needle
Chinese Mandarin 鉤針編織 /钩针编织
- 鉤針編織 /钩针编织 (gōuzhēn biānzhī)needlework
Czech háčkování, háčkovat
- háčkováníneedlework
- háčkovatto make needlework using a hooked needle
Danish hækle, hækle
- hækleneedlework
- hækleto make needlework using a hooked needle
Dutch haakwerk, haken
- haakwerkneedlework
- hakento make needlework using a hooked needle
Esperanto hoktriki, kroĉtriki
- hoktrikito make needlework using a hooked needle
- kroĉtrikito make needlework using a hooked needle
Finnish virkkuutyö, virkata
- virkkuutyöneedlework
- virkatato make needlework using a hooked needle
French crochet
- crochetneedlework
German Häkelarbeit, Häkeln
- Häkelarbeitneedlework
- Häkelnneedlework
- häkelnto make needlework using a hooked needle
Greek τσιγκελάκι, πλέξιμο με βελονάκι
- τσιγκελάκι (tsigkeláki)needlework
- πλέξιμο με βελονάκι (pléximo me velonáki)needlework
Hebrew קרושה, סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת
- קרושהneedlework
- סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחתneedlework
- סרג במסרגה אחתto make needlework using a hooked needle
- סרגה במסרגה אחתto make needlework using a hooked needle
Hungarian horgolás, horgolt kézimunka/csipke
- horgolásneedlework
- horgolt kézimunka/csipkeneedlework
- horgolto make needlework using a hooked needle
Icelandic hekla
- heklato make needlework using a hooked needle
Irish cróise, cróiseáil
- cróiseneedlework
- cróiseáilneedlework
- obair chróiseneedlework
- cróiseáilto make needlework using a hooked needle
Italian uncinetto, croscè
- uncinettoneedlework
- croscèneedlework
Japanese 鉤針編み, かぎ針編み
- 鉤針編み (kagibari ami)needlework
- かぎ針編み (kagibari ami)needlework
Lithuanian nėrimas
- nėrimasneedlework
Malay mengait
- mengaitto make needlework using a hooked needle
Māori tuimāwhai, tuimāwhai
- tuimāwhaineedlework
- tuimāwhaito make needlework using a hooked needle
Norwegian hekle, hekle
- hekleneedlework
- hekleto make needlework using a hooked needle
Polish szydełkowanie, kroszet
- szydełkowanieneedlework
- kroszeta certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses
- szydełkowaćto make needlework using a hooked needle
Portuguese crochet, croché
- crochetneedlework
- crochéneedlework
- crochêneedlework
- fazer crochet/croché/crochêto make needlework using a hooked needle
- crochetarto make needlework using a hooked needle
Russian вяза́ние крючко́м, вяза́ние
- вяза́ние крючко́м (vjazánije krjučkóm)needlework
- вяза́ние (vjazánije)needlework
- вяза́ть крючко́м (vjazátʹ krjučkóm)to make needlework using a hooked needle
- вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)to make needlework using a hooked needle
Slovak háčkovať
- háčkovaťto make needlework using a hooked needle
Spanish ganchillo, croché
- ganchilloneedlework
- crochéneedlework
- crochetneedlework
- ganchillearto make needlework using a hooked needle
- crochetearto make needlework using a hooked needle
Swedish virkning, virka
- virkningneedlework
- virkato make needlework using a hooked needle
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crochet
All rhymes →Cite this entry
crochet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crochet
“crochet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crochet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crochet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crochet.
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