different between amigurumi vs crochet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???? (amigurumi), a blend of ?? (amu, “to knit”) +? ???? (nuigurumi, “stuffed toy”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m???u??u?m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mi??u?umi/
• Hyphenation: ami?gu?ru?mi

Noun

amigurumi (countable and uncountable, plural amigurumi)

1. (uncountable, knitting) The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.
2. (countable, knitting) Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn.

Hypernyms

• soft toy

Translations

Further reading

• amigurumi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

amigurumi

1. R?maji transcription of ?????

English

Alternative forms

• crotchet (archaic)

Etymology

From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *kr?k (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *kr?kaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English cr?c (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, cr?c (“curl”). Compare crotchet. More at crook, crooked.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?o???e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

crochet (plural crochets)

1. Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
2. A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

Translations

French

Etymology

From croc +? -et with palatalization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.??/

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
2. (typography) square bracket
3. fang (of snake)
4. crochet
5. (boxing) hook
6. (soccer, rugby) sidestep
7. detour

Derived terms

• au crochet de
• crocheter

Descendants

• ? English: crochet
• ? Portuguese: colchete, crochet
• ? Spanish: corchete
• ? Turkish: kro?e

Further reading

• “crochet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of crachet

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• croché, crochê

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet.

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. (sewing) crochet (needlework made by looping thread)

Romanian

Etymology

From French croquet.

Noun

crochet n (uncountable)

1. croquet

Declension

Spanish

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of croché