crochet

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• US: /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/
  Play
• UK: /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -eɪ
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: K R OW0 SH EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

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.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كُرُوشِيه (kurūšīh) — needlework
• Bulgarian: плетене на една кука (pletene na edna kuka) — needlework
• Catalan: ganxet — needlework
• Chinese Mandarin: 鉤針編織 /钩针编织 (gōuzhēn biānzhī) — needlework
• Czech: háčkování — needlework
• Danish: hækle — needlework
• Dutch: haakwerk — needlework
• Finnish: virkkuutyö — needlework
• French: crochet — needlework
• German: Häkelarbeit — needlework
• German: Häkeln — needlework
• Hebrew: קרושה — needlework
• Hebrew: סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת — needlework
• Hungarian: horgolás — needlework
• Hungarian: horgolt kézimunka/csipke — needlework
• Irish: cróise — needlework
• Irish: cróiseáil — needlework
• Irish: obair chróise — needlework
• Italian: uncinetto — needlework
• Italian: croscè — needlework
• Japanese: 鉤針編み (kagibari ami) — needlework
• Japanese: かぎ針編み (kagibari ami) — needlework
• Lithuanian: nėrimas — needlework
• Macedonian: хекла (hekla) — needlework
• Māori: tuimāwhai — needlework
• Norwegian: hekle — needlework
• Polish: szydełkowanie — needlework
• Portuguese: crochet — needlework
• Portuguese: croché — needlework
• Portuguese: crochê — needlework
• Russian: вяза́ние крючко́м (vjazánije krjučkóm) — needlework
• Russian: вяза́ние (vjazánije) — needlework
• Spanish: ganchillo — needlework
• Spanish: croché — needlework
• Spanish: crochet — needlework
• Swedish: virkning — needlework
• Polish: kroszet — a certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses
• Bulgarian: плета на една кука (pleta na edna kuka) — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Catalan: fer ganxet — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Czech: háčkovat — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Danish: hækle — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Dutch: haken — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Esperanto: hoktriki — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Esperanto: kroĉtriki — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Faroese: hekkla — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Finnish: virkata — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• German: häkeln — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Hebrew: סרג במסרגה אחת — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Hebrew: סרגה במסרגה אחת — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Hungarian: horgol — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Icelandic: hekla — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Irish: cróiseáil — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Luxembourgish: heekelen — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Macedonian: хекла (hekla) — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Malay: mengait — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Māori: tuimāwhai — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Norwegian: hekle — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Polish: szydełkować — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Portuguese: fazer crochet/croché/crochê — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Portuguese: crochetar — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Russian: вяза́ть крючко́м (vjazátʹ krjučkóm) — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Russian: вяза́ть (vjazátʹ) — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Slovak: háčkovať — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Spanish: ganchillear — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Spanish: crochetear — to make needlework using a hooked needle
• Swedish: virka — to make needlework using a hooked needle