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croche

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
croche
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.

Obsolete

Etymology

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

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Usage

Inflected Forms

croches (plural)

Questions

What does croche mean?
A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.
Where does croche come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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