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.[1]

Noun

french fries pl (normally plural, singular french fry)

(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: пържени картофи (pǎ́rženi kartófi)
Catalan: patates fregides f, creïlles fregides f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 薯條, 薯条 (syu⁴ tiu⁴^-²)

Mandarin: 炸薯條 (zh), 炸薯条 (zh) (zhàshǔtiáo), 土豆條, 土豆条 (tǔdòutiáo), 馬鈴薯條, 马铃薯条 (mǎlíngshǔtiáo), 炸土豆條 (zh), 炸土豆条 (zh) (zhátǔdòutiáo), 薯條 (zh), 薯条 (zh) (shǔtiáo), 法式薯條, 法式薯条 (fǎshì shǔtiáo)
Czech: hranolky (cs) m
Danish: pomfrit (da) c, pommes frites (da) pl, fritter pl
Dutch: (southern Netherlands and 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: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: फ्रेंच फ्राइज़ (phreñc phrāiz)
Hungarian: hasábburgonya (hu), szalmakrumpli (hu), sült burgonya, sült krumpli (hu)
Ido: potato-fritajo
Indonesian: kentang goreng

Interlingua: patatas frite
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), 自由のフライ (jiyū no furai)
Khmer: ដំឡូងបារាំង (dɑmloungbaarĕəng), ដំឡូងបារាំងបំពង (dâmlongbarŏâmngôbâmpông)
Korean: 감자 튀김 (gamja twigim), 프렌치 프라이 (peurenchi peurai)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: помфрит 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: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: patates kızartması
Uyghur: بەرەڭگە قەلەمچىسى‎ (berengge qelemchisi)
Vietnamese: khoai tây chiên (lit.: fried western potato)
Welsh: sglodion (cy)

References

“french fries” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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[1] “french fries” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.