croche
French, noun
croche is spelled C-R-O-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croche is a French feminine noun meaning “an eighth note or quaver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, croché is a different word: “past participle of crocher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Note de musique qui vaut, pour la durée, le quart d’une blanche ou la moitié d’une noire”.
What does croche mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Canadainformalhooked; curved
- 2
Canadainformalcrooked; not straight as it should be
- 3
Canadainformalcrooked; dishonest or of otherwise dubious morality
noun
- 1
femininean eighth note or quaver
verb
- 1
past participle of crocher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Note de musique qui vaut, pour la durée, le quart d’une blanche ou la moitié d’une noire. 2. Symbole graphique (♪) représentant une telle note.
noun: 1. Personne malhonnête, moralement douteuse.
adjective: 1. Courbé, tordu, pas droit, de travers, désaligné. 2. Cahoteux, inégal.
adverb: 1. De travers, mauvaisement.
adverb: 1. De travers, déviant.
adjective: 1. Accroché.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of croche
- croches plural
- crochée feminine
- crochés masculine plural
- crochées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to croche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croche in French?
croche appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).