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croquette

/kɹoʊˈkɛt/

croquette noun: a minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.

Noun

croquette (plural croquettes)

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

croquette meaning in Indonesian and Myanmar

croquette in Indonesian

food
kroket

croquette in Myanmar

food
ကက်သလစ် kaksa.lac

Forms of croquette

pluralcroquettes

Origin of croquette

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

Words that rhyme with croquette

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Questions about croquette

What does croquette mean?
Croquette means a minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
What is croquette in Indonesian?
Croquette in Indonesian is kroket. See Croquette meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is croquette?
Croquette is a noun.
How do you pronounce croquette?
Croquette is pronounced /kɹoʊˈkɛt/.
What is the plural of croquette?
The plural of croquette is croquettes.

Words near croquette in the dictionary

  1. croqueter
  2. croqueters
  3. croqueting
  4. croquetlike
  5. croquets
  6. croquette
  7. croquettes
  8. croquignole
  9. croquignoles
  10. croquill
  11. croquis

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