Meanings
dog food1
noundog food (countable and uncountable, plural dog foods)
plural dog foods · alternative US dogfood
- countableuncountableFood eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated.
- countableuncountableFood for domesticated dogs.
dog food2
noundog food (uncountable)
alternative US dogfood
- Internetslanguncountablelifestylepublic display of affection, especially from the perspective of a lonely, single person.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of dog meat (“dead person”).
Similar
Origin
- Chinese狗糧 /狗粮
- Englishdog food
Calque of Chinese 狗糧 /狗粮 (gǒuliáng).
More words from Chinese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 狗糧 /狗粮
- 狗糧 /狗粮 (gau² loeng⁴)food eaten by dogs
Chinese Mandarin 狗糧 /狗粮, 狗食
- 狗糧 /狗粮 (gǒuliáng)food eaten by dogs
- 狗食 (gǒushí)food eaten by dogs
Danish hundemad, hundefoder
- hundemadfood eaten by dogs
- hundefoderfood eaten by dogs
Dutch hondenvoer
- hondenvoerfood eaten by dogs
Esperanto hundmanĝaĵo
- hundmanĝaĵofood eaten by dogs
Estonian koeratoit
- koeratoitfood eaten by dogs
Finnish koiranruoka
- koiranruokafood eaten by dogs
French nourriture pour chien
- nourriture pour chienfood eaten by dogs
German Hundefutter
- Hundefutterfood eaten by dogs
Greek σκυλοτροφή
- σκυλοτροφή (skylotrofí)food eaten by dogs
Hungarian kutyaeledel
- kutyaeledelfood eaten by dogs
Icelandic hundamatur, hundafóður
- hundamaturfood eaten by dogs
- hundafóðurfood eaten by dogs
Japanese ドッグフード
- ドッグフード (doggu fūdo)food eaten by dogs
Korean 개 먹이, 개밥
- 개 먹이 (gae meogi)food eaten by dogs
- 개밥 (gaebap)food eaten by dogs
- 개 사료 (gae saryo)food eaten by dogs
Polish karma dla psów
- karma dla psówfood eaten by dogs
Portuguese comida/ração para cachorros/cães
- comida/ração para cachorros/cãesfood eaten by dogs
Russian соба́чья еда́
- соба́чья еда́ (sobáčʹja jedá)food eaten by dogs
Spanish comida para perros, comida de perro
- comida para perrosfood eaten by dogs
- comida de perrofood eaten by dogs
Swedish hundmat
- hundmatfood eaten by dogs
Turkish köpek yemi, köpek maması
- köpek yemifood eaten by dogs
- köpek mamasıfood eaten by dogs
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dog food. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog%20food
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“dog food.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog%20food. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dog food,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog%20food.
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