croquette
French
noun
Definitions
- (culinary) croquette minced, cooked food which is then deep-fried
- (by extension) kibble grain for use as animal feed
- (informal) a beanpole a skinny and unmuscular person
Etymology
Suffix from French croquer (crunch, mouth).
Origin
French
croquer
Gloss
crunch, mouth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
口
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- croqueta English
- croquette English
- korokke English
- Krokette German
- kroket Dutch, Flemish
- croque galois French
- croque-madame French
- croque-monsieur French
- croquembouche French
- croquer French
- croquet French
- короккэ Russian
- croqueta Spanish, Castilian
- croquete Portuguese
- クロケット Japanese
- コロッケ Japanese
- kroket Indonesian
- 可樂餅 Chinese
- 고로케 Korean
- 크로켓 Korean