croquet
French, noun/kʁɔ.kɛ/
croquet is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croquet is a French masculine noun meaning “croquette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu que l’on joue en poussant des boules de bois, avec un maillet, sous des arceaux dans un espace de terrain…”.
What does croquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecroquette
noun
- 1
masculinecroquet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeu que l’on joue en poussant des boules de bois, avec un maillet, sous des arceaux dans un espace de terrain limité.
noun: 1. Sorte de gâteau mince et sec, croquant.
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 croquet
- croquets plural
- crocket
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croquet?
- /kʁɔ.kɛ/
- \kʁɔ.kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croquet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croquet in French?
croquet appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).