croche

hooked; curved; crooked; not straight as it should be; crooked; dishonest or of otherwise dubious morality

“T'a peut-être fait quelque chose de croche.” — Maybe you did something wrong.

Inherited from Middle French croche, from Old French croche, feminine form of croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

an eighth note or quaver

Related: double croche, triple croche, quadruple croche, quintuple croche, sextuple croche

Inherited from Middle French croche, from Old French croche, feminine form of croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).