Meanings
alternative dogmeat
- uncountableMeat from a dog eaten as food.
We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time.
Synonyms: dog, dogflesh, fragrant meat
- uncountableMeat prepared to be given to a dog as food.
That's a tin of dog meat, as well, really, er, served in the traditional manner, chopped up into a big bowl that says "DOG" on the side.
2004, John O'Farrell, This Is Your Life, page 293
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMeat from a dog eaten as food.
nounSynonym of dead meat (“someone in danger of being killed or severely punished”).
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 狗肉, 香肉
- 狗肉 (gau² juk⁶)dog eaten as meat
- 香肉 (hoeng¹ juk⁶)dog eaten as meat
Chinese Mandarin 狗肉, 香肉
- 狗肉 (gǒuròu)dog eaten as meat
- 香肉 (xiāngròu)dog eaten as meat
Dutch hondenvlees
- hondenvleesdog eaten as meat
Esperanto hundoviando, hundidoviando
- hundoviandodog eaten as meat
- hundidoviandodog eaten as meat
- hundaĵodog eaten as meat
- hundidaĵodog eaten as meat
Finnish koira, koiran liha
- koiradog eaten as meat
- koiran lihadog eaten as meat
French viande de chien
- viande de chiendog eaten as meat
German Hundefleisch
- Hundefleischdog eaten as meat
Hungarian kutyahús
- kutyahúsdog eaten as meat
Italian carne di cane
- carne di canedog eaten as meat
Japanese 狗肉
- 狗肉 (kuniku)dog eaten as meat
Korean 개고기, 단고기
- 개고기 (gaegogi)dog eaten as meat
- 단고기 (dan'gogi)dog eaten as meat
Malay داݢيڠ انجيڠ, داݢيڠ اسو
- داݢيڠ انجيڠdog eaten as meat
- داݢيڠ اسوdog eaten as meat
- daging anjingdog eaten as meat
- daging asudog eaten as meat
- daging kuyukdog eaten as meat
Norwegian Bokmål hundekjøtt
- hundekjøttdog eaten as meat
Portuguese carne de cachorro/cão
- carne de cachorro/cãodog eaten as meat
Russian пси́на, пся́тина
- пси́на (psína)dog eaten as meat
- пся́тина (psjátina)dog eaten as meat
- собача́тина (sobačátina)dog eaten as meat
- соба́чина (sobáčina)dog eaten as meat
Swedish hundkött
- hundköttdog eaten as meat
Thai เนื้อหมา, เนื้อสุนัข
- เนื้อหมา (mǎa)dog eaten as meat
- เนื้อสุนัข (sù-nák)dog eaten as meat
Turkish köpek eti
- köpek etidog eaten as meat
Ukrainian пси́на, пся́тина
- пси́на (psýna)dog eaten as meat
- пся́тина (psjátyna)dog eaten as meat
- собача́тина (sobačátyna)dog eaten as meat
- соба́чина (sobáčyna)dog eaten as meat
Vietnamese thịt chó
- thịt chódog eaten as meat
Welsh cig i gŵn
- cig i gŵndog eaten as meat
Cite this entry
dog meat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog%20meat
“dog meat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dog%20meat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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