kroket

English

A kroket

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch kroket. Doublet of croquette and korokke.

Noun

kroket (plural krokets or kroketten)

1. A croquette filled with ragout, commonly sold in a Dutch snack bar and generally of an elongated shape.
   • 1997 June 26, Eve Zibart, “From Malaysia: The Spice of Life”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Krokets are, yes, croquettes, fried mashed potato balls stuffed with chicken, vegetables, fish or shrimp.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2008 December 14, Kris Ensminger, “If Holiday Sights Whet the Appetite”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     In the Netherlands, beef krokets, which are oblong breaded fritters, are popular fast food.

   • 2010 September 6, Karen Homer, “Vacation rumination”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2020:

     Then there were the dutiful trips to see my mother's family in Holland; what turned out to be a last visit to see an elderly relative was eclipsed by the kroketten - breadcrumbed and deep-fried meat rolls, the number one Dutch fast food - that we snacked on en route.

   • 2013 October 4, Helen Graves, “Broodje kroket sandwich recipe”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 October 2013:

     Dutch krokets (croquettes) are log-shaped nuggets of meat ragu, covered in breadcrumbs and deep-fried. The construction of the kroket sandwich basically involves stuffing one or two of these deep-fried snacks into a soft roll or slice of white bread and saucing with spicy mustard. […] Serve the warm krokets in soft white rolls with plenty of spicy mustard on the side.

   • 2020 December 21, Cynthia R. Greenlee, “I was an air fryer skeptic, but now it’s the only thing that gets me excited about pandemic cooking”, in The Washington Post‎^[5], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2020:

     Those appliances “couldn’t make french fries of very good quality. They were dry and not very crispy at all. They needed a long time for preparation. French fries were the first thing we tried, because they’re very sensitive to heating: too much, too long, too short,” he said. Then came Dutch kroketten, meats and other snacks.

   • 2023 April 17, Kevin Draper, “Vanquishing the Dutch, Jordan Stolz Creates a New Norse Myth”, in The New York Times‎^[6], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 April 2024:

     A food truck sold kroketten, the Dutch version of French croquettes, and frikandellen, deep-fried sausages, for about $4.

     Originally (5 March) krokets.

Translations

croquette filled with ragout

• Afrikaans: kroket (af)
• Dutch: kroket (nl) f
• Indonesian: kroket (id)
• Papiamentu: krokèt

Further reading

• croquette § The Netherlands on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Directly or ultimately from French croquet. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kroket (uncountable)

1. croquet

Etymology 2

From Dutch kroket, from French croquette.

Noun

kroket (plural krokette)

1. kroket (a croquette filled with ragout)

See also

• bitterbal

Dutch

Kroket.

Alternative forms

• croquet (before 1996)

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroːˈkɛt/

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• Hyphenation: kro‧ket
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

kroket f (plural kroketten, diminutive kroketje n)

1. kroket (a croquette filled with ragout, commonly sold in a Dutch snack bar and generally of an elongated shape)

Derived terms

• aardappelkroket
• groentekroket
• vleeskroket

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kroket
• → English: kroket
• → Indonesian: kroket
• → Papiamentu: krokèt

See also

• bitterbal
• friet
• frikandel

Anagrams

• trokke

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• croquette (1901–1947)

Etymology

From Dutch kroket, from French croquette.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkrokɛt/ [ˈkro.kɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -okɛt
• Syllabification: kro‧ket

Noun

krokèt (plural kroket-kroket)

1. (cooking) kroket (a croquette filled with ragout)

Further reading

• “kroket”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Tantri Miharti; Kurniawati; Dewi Eka Arini Algozi (2019), Kamus Tata Boga [Culinary Arts Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 51

Middle English

Noun

kroket

1. alternative form of croket