fish and chips

English

Alternative forms

• fish 'n' chips

Noun

Fish and chips

fish and chips (uncountable)

1. A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.

   Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips.

Usage notes

• Even in areas such as North America, where deep-fried potato slices are called fries or french fries and chips refer to what are known as crisps in the UK, this dish is still referred to as fish and chips.

Derived terms

• fish-and-chipper
• yesterday's fish and chips

Translations

a meal of fried fish and potatoes

• Arabic: سَمَك وَبَطَاطِس مَقْلِيَّة‎ (samak wa-baṭāṭis maqliyya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 炸魚薯條／炸鱼薯条 (zaa³ jyu^4-2 syu⁴ tiu^4-2)

  Mandarin: 炸魚薯條／炸鱼薯条 (zháyú shǔtiáo)

• Faroese: steikjafiskur og kips m
• Finnish: fish and chips
• French: fish and chips (fr) m, fish 'n' chips m, poisson-frites m, poisson frit avec des frites m
• German: Bratfisch mit Pommes frites m, Fish and Chips m
• Icelandic: djúpsteiktur fiskur med frönskum m
• Irish: iasc agus sceallóga
• Japanese: フィッシュ・アンド・チップス (fisshu-ando-chippusu)
• Korean: 피시 앤드 칩스 (pisi aendeu chipseu)
• Persian: فیش اند چیپس‎ (fiš-and-čips)
• Polish: fish and chips
• Portuguese: peixe com batatas fritas m
• Russian: ры́ба и чи́псы (rýba i čípsy), ры́ба с жа́реным карто́фелем (rýba s žárenym kartófelem), чи́псы (ru) m pl (čípsy)
• Volapük: fit e loetapötetüls
• Welsh: pysgodyn a sglodion

See also

• fish and chips on Wikipedia.Wikipedia