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croquette

/kɹoʊˈkɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
cro-quette
IPA
/kɹoʊˈkɛt/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

croquettes (plural)

Phrases

crab cake

Frequently Paired Words

crab cake fishcake fishstick croquet

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce croquette?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɹoʊˈkɛt/.
What does croquette mean?
A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
Where does croquette come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce croquette

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