croquet

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norman croquet (hook), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

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croquet (countable and uncountable, plural croquets)

  1. (uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
  2. (countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
  3. (countable) A croquette.

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: cróquete, croquet (proscribed)

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Verb

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croquet (third-person singular simple present croquets, present participle croqueting, simple past and past participle croqueted)

  1. (transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English croquet.

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Noun

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croquet m (plural croquets)

  1. croquet

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Dutch

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croquet f (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n)

  1. Superseded spelling of kroket.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From croquer +‎ -et.

Noun

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croquet m (plural croquets)

  1. croquette

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English croquet, from Norman croquet (hook), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet.

Noun

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croquet m (plural croquets)

  1. (sports) croquet

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