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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CROKINOLE

From French croquignole a flick.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CROKINOLE

crokinole  [ˈkrɒkəˌnəʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROKINOLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crokinole is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CROKINOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crokinole

Crokinole

Crokinole is a dexterity board game similar in various ways to pitchnut, carrom, marbles, and shove ha'penny, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size. Players take turns shooting discs across the circular playing surface, trying to have their discs land in the higher-scoring regions of the board, while also attempting to knock away opposing discs.

Definition of crokinole in the English dictionary

The definition of crokinole in the dictionary is a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROKINOLE


anole
əˈnəʊl
bowl
bəʊl
control
kənˈtrəʊl
goal
ɡəʊl
hole
həʊl
jobernowl
ˈdʒɒbəˌnəʊl
Knole
nəʊl
knoll
nəʊl
noll
nəʊl
nowl
nəʊl
payroll
ˈpeɪˌrəʊl
poll
pəʊl
role
rəʊl
roll
rəʊl
scroll
skrəʊl
Seminole
ˈsɛmɪˌnəʊl
sole
səʊl
soul
səʊl
toll
təʊl
whole
həʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROKINOLE

croft
crofter
crofting
crog
croggies
croggy
Crohn´s disease
croissant
Croix de Guerre
crojik
Cromalin
crombec
Crome
Cromer
cromlech
cromorna

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROKINOLE

as a whole
asshole
carmagnole
casserole
console
controle
creole
croquignole
dole
espagnole
in the hole
mole
on the dole
on the whole
outsole
parole
pinole
pole
Poole
stole

Synonyms and antonyms of crokinole in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crokinole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROKINOLE

Find out the translation of crokinole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crokinole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crokinole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

crokinole
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Crokinole
570 millions of speakers

English

crokinole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crokinole
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crokinole
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Crokinole
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Crokinole
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

crokinole
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

croquignoles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crokinole
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Crokinole
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crokinole
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crokinole
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crokinole
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crokinole
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crokinole
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रोकिनोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Crokinole
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Crokinole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Crokinole
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Crokinole
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crokinole
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

crokinole
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crokinole
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crokinole
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crokinole
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crokinole

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROKINOLE»

The term «crokinole» is regularly used and occupies the 94.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROKINOLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crokinole» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crokinole» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crokinole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROKINOLE»

Discover the use of crokinole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crokinole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Crokinole
Crokinole (/ kro k no l/ kroh-ki-nohl) is an action board game similar in various ways to pitchnut, carrom, marbles, and shove ha'penny, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Popular Science
... water-tight by using cotton flannelette soaked in marine glue. (TO BE CONTINUED). Crokinole. Game. Laid. Out. on. Ice. for. Skaters. "ESKIMO CROKINOLE" is the name given this game for skaters. The "board" is laid out upon smooth ice as ...
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Crokinole
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Articles on Canadian Inventions, Including: Basketball, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Fruit Loose and Fancy Tree
I am the self-proclaimed crokinole champion of the world. Crokinole is a fun game invented in Canada that, admittedly, many Canadians have never even played. I have no trophy, no belt, no ribbon, and no certificate. There are certainly much ...
Tim Lukings, 2009
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Dragons, Donkeys, and Dust: Memoirs from a decade in China
He had numerous boards made, all beautiful with jade pegs, and he organized the Chinese Championships of Crokinole. He notified the organizers of the World Championships of Crokinole, held each year in Tavistock, Ontario, who found ...
Rudy Kong
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Popular Science
Crokinole-Carom-Checker Board (Continued from page 96) paint go over the lines, making strips lA-m. wide. On the outer circle you will see four short lines. These divide the crokinole starting line so that each player will know his bounds.
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Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations
Diagram of a 'Crokinole' board When there are three players, one plays against the other two who are partners and shoot alternately. Six players arrange themselves as a double three, and eight players each have one face of the octagonal ...
R. C. Bell, 2012
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The Eagle Lake Giant: The First Summer
Lunch went by more quickly than normal. The usual cheerful conversation and good—natured teasing were conspicuously absent. After lunch Pete, Patrick, and Kristen set up the card table and calledJenny to join them for a game of crokinole.
‎2008
10
1000 Questions About Canada: Places, People, Things and ...
Custom hallows this convention which likely stems from the time the community was the capital of Upper Canada. 731. Who invented the game of crokinole? No one knows who invented the once-popular board game known as crokinole, ...
John Robert Colombo, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROKINOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crokinole is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gravenhurst seniors kept active at Seniors' Summer...
Euchre, bid euchre, cribbage, floor shuffleboard and crokinole were hosted at the activity centre while carpet bowling, horseshoes, bocce ball, ... «www.muskokaregion.com/, Jul 15»
2
17th annual World Crokinole Championships
On a bright and sunny Saturday, June 6, 10 crokinole players from the Scone Crokinole Club and 1 from the Owen Sound Crokinole Club ... «The Post, Jul 15»
3
Spring Fling Games wrap up in Hanover
Crokinole: first place - Carol Cook, Neil Cook; second place - Jack MacLeod, Ross MacLeod; third place - Janet Diebel, Amelia Hartman. «The Post, Jul 15»
4
The Oxford Dictionary now shops at the dépanneur
Then there's “crokinole,” a word rooted in the French for flicking or flipping that we know best as a rustic board game awaiting its hipster revival. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
5
An energetic Father's Day
As the kids awoke, the electronics came out for a quick check and then it was a morning of Chinese checkers, crokinole and building domino ... «Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin, Jun 15»
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East Gwillimbury student named world junior crokinole champ
Holland Landing resident Kyle Grasby won the junior world crokinole championships in Tavistock last week. «YorkRegion.com, Jun 15»
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Church a sanctuary through good times and bad
So good at progressive crokinole, she was teased about cheating; teased by a young man called Fraser who had developed a sudden passion ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jun 15»
8
Bittersweet end to years of great work
... a place to gather, play card games and crokinole among the many different other social activities they held and participated in over the years. «Belleville Intelligencer, Jun 15»
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TUESDAYS: Do you enjoy playing the great Canadian game of crokinole? Well come and join the Quinte Region Crokinole Club. We get ... «Belleville Intelligencer, Jun 15»
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Mitchell Resident Wins 3rd Place Ranking for Junior World …
On Saturday June 6, 7 year old Mitchell resident Odai Alshared won 3rd place in the junior division of the annual World Crokinole ... «Mitchell Advocate, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Crokinole [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crokinole>. May 2024 ».
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