different between cloche vs croche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??/, /klo??/
• Rhymes: -??, -o??

Noun

cloche (plural cloches)

1. A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
2. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
3. A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
4. (aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.

Synonyms

• (hat): cloche hat

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (see also Welsh cloch, Old Irish cloc), ultimately imitative. Related to Old English clucge, Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke, Swedish klocka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??/

Noun

cloche f (plural cloches)

1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
2. a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth
3. a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim
4. a tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
5. (colloquial) a clumsy person, an oaf

Derived terms

• déménager à la cloche de bois
• sauvé par la cloche
• se taper la cloche
• son de cloche

Adjective

cloche (plural cloches)

1. (colloquial) clumsy, stupid

Derived terms

• à cloche-pied

Verb

cloche

1. first-person singular present indicative of clocher
2. third-person singular present indicative of clocher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
5. second-person singular imperative of clocher

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

From English clutch

Noun

cloche f (invariable)

1. joystick
2. gear lever (in a car)

Etymology 2

From French cloche (“bell”)

Noun

cloche f (invariable)

1. cloche hat

Middle English

Noun

cloche

1. Alternative form of cloke (“claw”)

Middle French

Etymology

Medieval Latin clocca

Noun

cloche f (plural cloches)

1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin clocca, probably from Celtic, compare Old Irish clocc, Welsh cloch, Manx clagg, all from Proto-Celtic *klokkos; ultimately imitative.

Noun

cloche f (oblique plural cloches, nominative singular cloche, nominative plural cloches)

1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cloch, clutch

Etymology

From English clutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klot??e/, [?klo.t??e]

Noun

cloche m (plural cloches)

1. clutch

   Synonym: embrague

English

Etymology

From Middle English croche, from Old French croche, equivalent to English crochet (“hook”), croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *kr?kaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Noun

croche (plural croches)

1. A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

French

Etymology

From Middle French croche, from Old French croche, feminine form of croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *kr?kaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???/

Adjective

croche (plural croches)

1. (Canada, informal) hooked; curved
2. (Canada, informal) crooked; not straight as it should be
3. (Canada, informal) crooked; dishonest or of otherwise dubious morality

Synonyms

• (of dubious morality): pas catholique

Noun

croche f (plural croches)

1. (music) an eighth note or quaver

Derived terms

• double croche
• triple croche
• quadruple croche
• quintuple croche
• sextuple croche

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cocher

Old French

Etymology

Feminine form of croc

Adjective

croche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular croche)

1. hooked; curved

Declension

Noun

croche ?

1. hook