croquette definition

English croquette definition

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquette, from croquer (“to crunch”) + -ette (suffix indicating diminution). Doublet of korokke.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krō-kĕt' IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈkɛt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

croquette (plural croquettes)

1. (cooking) A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.

Translations

See also

• croquet

Further reading

• croquette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coquetter

French croquette definition

Etymology

From croquer (“to crunch”) +‎ -ette, 18th c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

croquette f (plural croquettes)

1. (cooking) croquette (minced, cooked food which is then deep-fried)
2. (by extension) kibble (grain for use as animal feed)
3. (informal, slightly offensive) a beanpole (a skinny and unmuscular person)

Descendants

Further reading

• “croquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.