croquet French · revision 16042

+ French has two words ''croquet'': an almond biscuit, from ''croquer'', and the game, borrowed from English.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ {{homograph|1|almond biscuit}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1642, Oudin}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kʁɔ.kɛ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''croquet''' ''m'' (plural croquets)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[croquer|t=to crunch]] with the suffix “-et”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Oudin's dictionary (1642) has it for a kind of cake.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It belongs to a set of names of crunchy foods made on ''croquer'': ''croquante'' (1716), ''croquette'' (1740), still usual for sweet and savoury preparations and for pet food, and ''croquant'' (1829), now limited to biscuits.^(DHLF 1992) ''Croquet'' itself survives regionally for a thin, dry almond biscuit.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1642 – ''Croquet'' in Oudin.^(TLFi)

+ * 1716 – ''Croquante''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1740 – ''Croquette''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1829 – ''Croquant''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(regional)'' A thin, dry, crunchy almond [[m|en|biscuit]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[croquette]]

+ * [[croquant]]

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+ {{homograph|2|croquet (game)}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=1835|origins=en croquet}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kʁɔ.kɛ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''croquet''' ''m'' (plural croquets)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|en|croquet]] (about 1855),^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|18, 48b) which comes either from a Norman-Picard form of [[crochet|t=hook]] (see [[croc]]), as Littré and Wiktionary hold, or, more probably according to Rey and the Petit Robert, from Middle French “croquet” “sharp blow”, from [[croquer]] in the sense “to strike”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary) The Grand Robert dates a form “crocket” to 1835.^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grand Robert and Petit Robert date it to 1835, Rey and the GLLF give 1866 (Larousse).^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The game was truly launched in England in 1867 and gave way to the beginnings of lawn tennis; in France it had some success at the end of the 19th century and until about 1930, and is now mostly played in families.^(DHLF 1992) Unlike ''cricket'' it was fully adapted, with the final ''t'' silent, though it was sometimes written ''crocket''.^(DHLF 1992) The word also names the equipment and the ground.^(DHLF 1992) The verb ''croquer'' “to croquet (a ball)” (1869) adapted English ''to croquet'' (1858) and has gone out of use.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1835 – ''Crocket''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * c. 1855 – English ''croquet''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1866 – In Larousse.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1869 – The verb ''croquer''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|croquet|alt=Croquet]] (the game): ''une partie de croquet''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A croquet set; a croquet lawn.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[croquer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crochet]]

+ * [[croc]]

+ * [[en|croquet]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A third ''croquet'' (about 1935), a dialect form of ''crochet'', is a serpentine braid used in dressmaking.^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(TLFi)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}