crotchet

Etymology
From, from , from + , from. The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). .

Noun

 * 1)  A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
 * 2)  A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
 * 3)  A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
 * 4)  A whim or a fancy.
 * 5) A forked support; a crotch.
 * 6)  An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
 * 7)  The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
 * 8)  A square bracket.
 * 1) A forked support; a crotch.
 * 2)  An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
 * 3)  The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
 * 4)  A square bracket.
 * 1)  The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
 * 2)  A square bracket.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: четвъртина нота
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 四分音符
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fjerdedelsnode
 * Dutch: kwart noot
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fjórðapartsnóta, fjórðipartur
 * Irish: croisín, ceathrú nóta
 * Italian: semiminima
 * Japanese: 四分音符
 * Kashubian: czwiercnóta
 * Korean:
 * Malay: krocet
 * Maori: orotahi
 * Middle English: crochet
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: четвертна́я но́та,
 * Scottish Gaelic: punc dubh
 * Slovene: četrtinka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: โน้ตตัวดำ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: crosiet, crosied

Verb

 * 1)  to play music in measured time
 * 2)  knit by looping
 * 1)  knit by looping

Etymology
From, from (with diminutive suffix ), from.

Noun

 * 1)  bracket