french fries

See also: French fries

English

French fries in a bowl.

Alternative forms

• French fries

Etymology

Shortening of earlier French-fried potatoes (1856), potatoes fried in the French style.

Noun

1. (chiefly Canada, US) Strips of deep-fried potatoes that have been frenched (cut into strips). [from 1903]

   These french fries are soggy.

   French fries are my favorite vegetable dish.

   He eats too many french fries.

   French fries is a specialty of the house.

Synonyms

• chips (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
• freedom fries (US, rare, dated)
• French-fried potatoes
• fries (US, Canadian)

Translations

deep fried strips of potato

• Afrikaans: slaptjips (af)
• Arabic: بَطَاطَا مَقْلِيَّة f (baṭāṭā maqliyya), بَطَاطِس مَقْلِيَّة f (baṭāṭis maqliyya)
• Armenian: ֆրի (hy) (fri)
• Bulgarian: пъ̀ржени карто́фи (pǎ̀rženi kartófi)
• Catalan: patates fregides f, creïlles fregides f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薯條／薯条 (syu⁴ tiu^4-2), 薯条 (syu⁴ tiu^4-2)

  Mandarin: 炸薯條／炸薯条 (zh) (zháshǔtiáo), 炸薯条 (zh) (zhàshǔtiáo), 土豆條／土豆条 (tǔdòutiáo), 土豆条 (tǔdòutiáo), 馬鈴薯條／马铃薯条 (mǎlíngshǔtiáo), 马铃薯条 (mǎlíngshǔtiáo), 炸土豆條／炸土豆条 (zh) (zhátǔdòutiáo), 炸土豆条 (zh) (zhátǔdòutiáo), 薯條／薯条 (zh) (shǔtiáo), 薯条 (zh) (shǔtiáo), 法式薯條／法式薯条 (fǎshì shǔtiáo), 法式薯条 (fǎshì shǔtiáo)

• Czech: hranolky (cs) m
• Danish: pomfrit (da) c, pommes frites (da) pl, fritter pl
• Dutch: (southern Netherlands, Belgium) friet (nl), (northern Netherlands) patat (nl), (Belgium) frieten (nl)
• Esperanto: terpomfingroj (eo)
• Estonian: friikartulid pl, friikad pl
• Finnish: ranskalaiset perunat (fi), ranskanperunat (fi); ranskikset pl
• French: frites (fr) f pl, pommes frites (fr) f pl, pommes allumettes f pl
• Galician: patacas fritas f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pommes frites (de) f pl, Pommes (de) f pl, Fritten (de) f pl
• Greek: τηγανιτές πατάτες f pl (tiganités patátes), τηγανητές πατάτες (tiganités patátes)
• Gujarati: ફ્રેન્ચ ફ્રાઈસ (phrenc phrāīsa)
• Hindi: फ्रेंच फ्राइज़ (phrẽc phrāiz)
• Hungarian: hasábburgonya (hu), szalmakrumpli (hu), sült burgonya, sült krumpli (hu)
• Ido: potato-fritajo
• Indonesian: kentang goreng
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• Interlingua: patatas frite
• Irish: sceallóga f pl
• Italian: patata fritta f (colloquial), patate fritte f pl (colloquial), patatine fritte f pl, patatina fritta f
• Japanese: フライドポテト (ja) (furaidopoteto), フレンチフライ (ja) (furenchifurai)
• Khmer: ដំឡូងបារាំង (dɑmloung baarang), ដំឡូងបារាំងបំពង (dɑmloung baarang bɑmpɔɔng)
• Korean: 감자 튀김 (gamja twigim), 프렌치 프라이 (peurenchi peurai)
• Lao: ມັນຝຣັ່ງທອດ (man fa rang thǭt)
• Macedonian: помфри́т m (pomfrít)
• Malay: kentang goreng
• Mongolian: шарсан төмс (šarsan töms)
• Navajo: nímasii ádaałtsʼóózígo niheeshgizhgo akʼah bee shibézhígíí
• Norwegian: pommes frites m
• Persian: سیب‌زمینی سرخ‌کرده (sib-zamini-ye sorx-karde)
• Polish: frytki pl
• Portuguese: batatas fritas pl, batatinha frita (pt) f
• Romanian: cartofi prăjiți m pl
• Russian: карто́фель фри (ru) m (kartófelʹ fri), чи́псы (ru) m pl (čípsy)
• Spanish: (Spain) patatas fritas pl, (Mexico) papas fritas (es) pl, (Nicaragua) papitas fritas pl
• Swedish: pommes frites (sv) c, strips (sv) pl
• Telugu: ఫ్రెంచ్ ఫ్రైస్ (phreñc phrais)
• Thai: มันฝรั่งทอด
• Turkish: patates kızartması
• Uyghur: بەرەڭگە قەلەمچىسى (berengge qelemchisi)
• Vietnamese: khoai tây chiên (literally “fried western potato”)
• Welsh: sglodion (cy)

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