croche

See also: croché and crochê

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French croche, equivalent to English crochet (“hook”), croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Noun

croche (plural croches)

  1. (obsolete) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “croche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French croche, from Old French croche, feminine form of croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʁɔʃ/
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Adjective

croche (plural croches)

  1. (Canada, informal) hooked; curved
  2. (Canada, informal) crooked; not straight as it should be
  3. (Canada, informal) crooked; dishonest or of otherwise dubious morality
    Synonym: pas catholique
    • 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 79:
      T’a peut-être fait quelque chose de croche.
      Maybe you did something wrong.

Noun

croche f (plural croches)

  1. (music) an eighth note or quaver

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Middle English

Noun

croche

  1. Alternative form of crucche

Noun

croche

  1. Alternative form of crouche

Old French

Etymology

Feminine form of croc

Adjective

croche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular croche)

  1. hooked; curved
    un nez croche
    a hooked nose

Declension
Declension of croche
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject croches croche croche
Oblique croche croche croche
Plural Subject croche croches croche
Oblique croches croches croche

Noun

croche ?

  1. hook
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