''Le chien a mangé des croquettes.''

Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

''Le chien a mangé des croquettes.''

I hope it’s OK to pose a vocabulary question - at first I took this to mean the dog has taken the person’s food, but today I came across a module in Duolingo (apologies...) translating "croquettes" as "kibble", ie dog food. Is that the intended meaning?

Asked 4 months ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Anne, 

yes, that is the meaning here. 

‘ Croquette(s) ‘ is the most commonly used expression for dry food, especially for cats and dogs. 

If you do a search on ‘ croquette chien chat ‘ you will see how standard it is.

Unless the context was 100% clear that you were talking about ‘ people ‘ food, ‘ Croquette(s) ‘ for human consumption would be qualified with the type of croquette to avoid the weird looks and comments you would get if you said ‘ Je vais manger des croquettes ce soir ‘. 

See link to Marmiton

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/croquette

 https://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recherche.aspx?aqt=croquette

''Le chien a mangé des croquettes.''

I hope it’s OK to pose a vocabulary question - at first I took this to mean the dog has taken the person’s food, but today I came across a module in Duolingo (apologies...) translating "croquettes" as "kibble", ie dog food. Is that the intended meaning?

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