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crotchet

Meaninghook

Common meaning: musical note worth one beat in common time, or a personal whim

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchcroc‘hook’source
  2. Frenchcrochet‘a small hooke’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa small hooke → musical note worth one beat in common time, or a personal whimcrotchet‘musical note worth one beat in common time, or a personal whim’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French croc ‘hook’.

Roots

  • croc Old French “hook”

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