croquette
A minced, cooked food, which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbsA minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
» He put the croquette in the deep fryer.
Meaning
1 sensesA minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
chicken croquettes
crab croquettes
Krokette
кроке́тkrokét, фрикаде́лькаfrikadɛ́lʹka
minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
Examples
4 sentencesHe put the croquette in the deep fryer.
I impulsively bought some croquettes because they were on sale.
I'm going to the snackbar to order frikandellen, croquettes and a bag of fries.
Then dip each croquette in beaten egg, roll in bread-crumbs again, and fry in hot fat.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French croquette, from croquer (“to crunch”) + -ette (suffix indicating dimiBorrowed from French croquette, from croquer (“to crunch”) + -ette (suffix indicating diminution). Doublet of korokke.
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