crochet

Pronunciation: /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
  2. verb create by looping or crocheting
  3. verb make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

crocheting

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
needlework

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