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croquette
[
kroh-
ket
]
Origin
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cro·quette
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/
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kroh-
ket
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noun
a small cake or ball of minced meat, poultry, or fish, or of rice, potato, or other food, often coated with beaten egg and bread crumbs, and fried in deep fat.
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Origin:
1700–10;
<
French,
equivalent to
croqu
(
er
) to crunch (
Old French
crokier
to break, of expressive orig.) +
-ette
-ette
Can be confused:
coquette
,
croquet
,
croquette
.
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World English Dictionary
croquette
(krəʊˈkɛt, krɒ-)
—
n
a savoury cake of minced meat, fish, etc, fried in breadcrumbs
[C18: from French, from
croquer
to crunch, of imitative origin]
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Word Origin & History
croquette
1706, from Fr., from croquer "to crunch."
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