Crochet — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle

create by looping or crocheting

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹoʊʃˈeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹəʊʃˈeɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹəʊʃˈeɪ/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹoʊʃˈeɪ/.

Examples

crochet a bedspread
She sat there crocheting all day

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hook crocheting

Parts of Speech

noun	needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
verb	create by looping or crocheting “crochet a bedspread”
verb	make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle “She sat there crocheting all day”

Word Forms

crochet	verb	create by looping or crocheting
crochet	noun	needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crocheting	noun	creating a garment of needlework
hook	noun	a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

häkeln

Handarbeiten, bei denen Schlingenstiche mit einer Hakennadel ineinander verschlungen werden

🇫🇷French

crocheter

travaux d'aiguille réalisés en entrecroisant des points en boucle avec une aiguille crochue

🇪🇸Spanish

tejer

costura realizada entrelazando puntos en bucle con una aguja de gancho

🇮🇹Italian

uncinetto

ricamo eseguito intrecciando i punti ad anello con un ago ad uncino

🇳🇱Dutch

haak

handwerk dat wordt gedaan door lussteken in elkaar te grijpen met een haaknaald

🇵🇹Portuguese

crochê

bordado feito entrelaçando pontos em laço com uma agulha de gancho

🇷🇺Russian

крючком

рукоделие, выполняемое путем переплетения петель иглой с крючком

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्रोशै

हुकदार सुई के साथ लूप वाले टांके को इंटरलॉक करके किया गया सुईवर्क

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்னல்

இணைக்கப்பட்ட ஊசியுடன் வளையப்பட்ட தையல்களை ஒன்றோடொன்று இணைப்பதன் மூலம் செய்யப்படும் ஊசி வேலை

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రోచెట్

ఒక హుక్డ్ సూదితో లూప్డ్ కుట్లు ఇంటర్లాక్ చేయడం ద్వారా సూది పని జరుగుతుంది

🇮🇳Gujarati

અંકોડીનું ગૂથણ

સોયકામ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രോച്ചറ്റ്

കൊളുത്തിയ സൂചി ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ലൂപ്പ് ചെയ്ത തുന്നലുകൾ പരസ്പരം ബന്ധിപ്പിച്ചാണ് സൂചി വർക്ക് ചെയ്യുന്നത്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

钩针编织

通过用钩针将环形针迹互锁而完成的针线活

🇯🇵Japanese

かぎ針編み

かぎ針でループ状のステッチを連動させることによって行われる縫製

🇰🇷Korean

크로셰 뜨개질

고리바늘로 고리바늘을 맞물려 바느질하는 작업

🇻🇳Vietnamese

móc

công việc may vá được thực hiện bằng cách lồng các mũi khâu lại bằng kim móc

🇹🇭Thai

ถัก

งานเย็บปักถักร้อยโดยใช้เข็มตะขอเกี่ยวประสานกัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

merenda

menjahit dilakukan dengan saling mengunci jahitan melingkar dengan jarum kait

🇵🇭Filipino

gantsilyo

gawaing pananahi na ginagawa sa pamamagitan ng pagkakabit ng mga naka-loop na tahi na may naka-hook na karayom

🇲🇾Malay

mengait

kerja menjahit dilakukan dengan mencantumkan jahitan bergelung dengan jarum kait

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الكروشيه

الإبرة تتم عن طريق تشابك الغرز الملتفة بإبرة معقوفة

🇮🇷Persian

قلاب بافی

سوزن دوزی با به هم پیوستن بخیه های حلقه دار با یک سوزن قلاب شده انجام می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

tığ işi

ilmekli dikişlerin kancalı bir iğne ile birbirine kenetlenmesiyle yapılan iğne işi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִסְרוֹג בְּמַסרֵגָה אַחַת

עבודת רקמה הנעשית על ידי חיבור תפרים משולבים עם מחט מסולסלת

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