crocheter

English

Etymology

crochet +‎ -er

Noun

crocheter (plural crocheters)

1. One who crochets.

French

Etymology

From crochet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔʃ.te/

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Verb

crocheter

1. (transitive) to pick (a lock)

   J'aimerais apprendre à crocheter une serrure.

2. (transitive, soccer, rugby) to sidestep

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il crochète and the third-person singular future indicative il crochètera.

Conjugation of crocheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crocheter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crochetant /kʁɔʃ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crocheté /kʁɔʃ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	crochètes /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	crochetons /kʁɔʃ.tɔ̃/	crochetez /kʁɔʃ.te/	crochètent /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/
	imperfect	crochetais /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/	crochetais /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/	crochetait /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/	crochetions /kʁɔ.ʃə.tjɔ̃/	crochetiez /kʁɔ.ʃə.tje/	crochetaient /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/
	past historic2	crochetai /kʁɔʃ.te/	crochetas /kʁɔʃ.ta/	crocheta /kʁɔʃ.ta/	crochetâmes /kʁɔʃ.tam/	crochetâtes /kʁɔʃ.tat/	crochetèrent /kʁɔʃ.tɛʁ/
	future	crochèterai /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁe/	crochèteras /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁa/	crochètera /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁa/	crochèterons /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/	crochèterez /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁe/	crochèteront /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crochèterais /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/	crochèterais /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/	crochèterait /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/	crochèterions /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	crochèteriez /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tə.ʁje/	crochèteraient /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	crochètes /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	crochetions /kʁɔ.ʃə.tjɔ̃/	crochetiez /kʁɔ.ʃə.tje/	crochètent /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/
	imperfect2	crochetasse /kʁɔʃ.tas/	crochetasses /kʁɔʃ.tas/	crochetât /kʁɔʃ.ta/	crochetassions /kʁɔʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/	crochetassiez /kʁɔʃ.ta.sje/	crochetassent /kʁɔʃ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/	—	crochetons /kʁɔʃ.tɔ̃/	crochetez /kʁɔʃ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “crocheter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Verb

crocheter

1. (Jersey) to cluck

Synonyms

• clioutchi
• couarder
• queûqu'ter