different between crochet vs quaver

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

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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

English

Etymology

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave +? -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwe?v?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?v?(r)

Noun

quaver (plural quavers)

1. A trembling shake.
2. A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
3. (music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

Related terms

• semiquaver
• demisemiquaver
• hemidemisemiquaver

Translations

See also

• breve
• crotchet
• longa
• minim
• semibreve

Verb

quaver (third-person singular simple present quavers, present participle quavering, simple past and past participle quavered)

1. To shake in a trembling manner.
2. (intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
3. (transitive) To utter quaveringly.

   • We shall hear her quavering them […] to some sprightly airs of the opera.

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