קראָקעט

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquette, likely via Russian кроке́т m (krokét). Compare German Krokette f, noting the difference in grammatical gender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɔˈkɛt/

Noun

קראָקעט • (kroket) m, plural קראָקעטן (kroketn)

1. (cooking) croquette (minced, cooked food which is then deep-fried)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “croquette”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN