crochet
French, noun/kʁɔ.ʃɛ/
crochet is spelled C-R-O-C-H-E-T (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crochet is a French masculine noun meaning “hook (rod bent into a curved shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit morceau de métal recourbé servant à accrocher ou attacher quelque chose”.
What does crochet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehook (rod bent into a curved shape)
- 2
masculinesquare bracket
- 3
masculinefang (of snake)
- 4
masculinecrocket
- 5
masculinecrochet
- 6
masculinehook
un crochet du droit
- 7
masculinesidestep
- 8
masculinedetour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit morceau de métal recourbé servant à accrocher ou attacher quelque chose. 2. Forte courbure d’un objet de cette forme. 3. Aiguille à l’extrémité en forme de crochet, permettant de réaliser des vêtements à partir de fil, généralement de laine ou de coton. 4. Technique qui utilise cet instrument.
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 crochet
- crochets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crochet?
- /kʁɔ.ʃɛ/
- \kʁɔ.ʃɛ\
- [kʁɔ.ʃɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crochet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crochet in French?
crochet appears 5.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).