Phrase guide

french fries

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Strips of potato that have been deep-fried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Philippines, US, plural, plural-normally

Examples

  • Thick-cut, crispy french fries are our specialty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fries, freedom fries, French-fried potatoes

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of french fries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, plural, plural-normally

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

strips of potato fried in deep fat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: french-fried potatoes, fries, chips

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater

History

Etymology

Clipping of earlier French fried potatoes (1856) and French-fried potatoes, potatoes supposedly prepared in the French style. The idea that the preparation was specific to French cuisine was more notional than otherwise; more at Wikipedia. Compare also French dressing.

Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: slaptjips — deep fried strips of potato
  • Afrikaans: aartappelskyfie — deep fried strips of potato
  • Albanian: patate të skuqura — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: بَطَاطَا مَقْلِيَّة (baṭāṭā maqliyya) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: بَطَاطِس مَقْلِيَّة (baṭāṭis maqliyya) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: بطاطس (baṭāṭis) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: بطاطس مقلي (baṭāṭis magli) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Iraqi Arabic: فنگر (fingar) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: فريت (frīt) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: بطاطا (baṭāṭa) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Arabic: بطاطا مقلية (baṭāṭa maʔliyye) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Armenian: ֆրի (fri) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Basque: patata frijitu — deep fried strips of potato
  • Belarusian: бу́льба фры (búlʹba fry) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Bulgarian: пъ́ржени карто́фи (pǎ́rženi kartófi) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Bulgarian: чипс (čips) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Catalan: patates fregides — deep fried strips of potato
  • Catalan: creïlles fregides — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Cantonese: 薯條 /薯条 — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炸薯條 /炸薯条 (zháshǔtiáo, zhàshǔtiáo) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 土豆條 /土豆条 (tǔdòutiáo) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬鈴薯條 /马铃薯条 (mǎlíngshǔtiáo) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炸土豆條 /炸土豆条 (zhátǔdòutiáo) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薯條 /薯条 (shǔtiáo) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法式薯條 /法式薯条 (fǎshì shǔtiáo) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Czech: hranolky — deep fried strips of potato
  • Czech: pomfrity — deep fried strips of potato
  • Danish: pomfrit — deep fried strips of potato
  • Danish: pommes frites — deep fried strips of potato
  • Danish: fritter — deep fried strips of potato
  • Dutch: friet — deep fried strips of potato
  • Dutch: patat — deep fried strips of potato
  • Dutch: frieten — deep fried strips of potato
  • Esperanto: terpomfingroj — deep fried strips of potato
  • Esperanto: terpomfritoj — deep fried strips of potato
  • Estonian: friikartulid — deep fried strips of potato
  • Estonian: friikad — deep fried strips of potato
  • Finnish: ranskalaiset perunat — deep fried strips of potato
  • Finnish: ranskanperunat — deep fried strips of potato
  • Finnish: ranskikset — deep fried strips of potato
  • Finnish: ranskalaiset — deep fried strips of potato
  • French: frites — deep fried strips of potato
  • French: pommes frites — deep fried strips of potato
  • French: pommes allumettes — deep fried strips of potato
  • Galician: patacas fritas — deep fried strips of potato
  • Georgian: კარტოფილი ფრი (ḳarṭopili pri) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Georgian: კარტოფილი „ფრი“ — deep fried strips of potato
  • German: Pommes frites — deep fried strips of potato
  • German: Pommes — deep fried strips of potato
  • German: Fritten — deep fried strips of potato
  • Greek: τηγανητές πατάτες (tiganités patátes) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Gujarati: ફ્રેન્ચ ફ્રાઈસ (phrenc phrāīsa) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hebrew: צִ׳יפְּס (chips) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hebrew: טוגנים (tuganím) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hindi: फ़्रेंच फ़्राइज़ (frẽc frāiz) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hungarian: hasábburgonya — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hungarian: szalmakrumpli — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hungarian: sült burgonya — deep fried strips of potato
  • Hungarian: sült krumpli — deep fried strips of potato
  • Icelandic: franskar — deep fried strips of potato
  • Ido: potato-fritajo — deep fried strips of potato
  • Indonesian: kentang goreng — deep fried strips of potato
  • Indonesian: keripik — deep fried strips of potato
  • Interlingua: patatas frite — deep fried strips of potato
  • Irish: sceallóga — deep fried strips of potato
  • Italian: patata fritta — deep fried strips of potato
  • Italian: patate fritte — deep fried strips of potato
  • Italian: patatine fritte — deep fried strips of potato
  • Italian: patatina fritta — deep fried strips of potato
  • Italian: patatina — deep fried strips of potato
  • Japanese: フライドポテト (furaido poteto) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Japanese: フレンチフライ (furenchi furai) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Khmer: ដំឡូងបារាំង (dɑmloung baarang) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Khmer: ដំឡូងបារាំងបំពង (dɑmloung baarang bɑmpɔɔng) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Khmer: បន្ទះសៀគ្វី (banteah siekvi) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Korean: 감자튀김 (gamjatwigim) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Korean: 감자튀기 (gamjatwigi) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Korean: 프렌치 프라이 (peurenchi peurai) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Lao: ມັນຝຣັ່ງທອດ (man fa rang thǭt) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Latvian: frī kartupeļi — deep fried strips of potato
  • Latvian: kartupeļi frī — deep fried strips of potato
  • Lithuanian: bulvytės fri — deep fried strips of potato
  • Macedonian: помфри́т (pomfrít) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Malay: kentang goreng — deep fried strips of potato
  • Maltese: ċips — deep fried strips of potato
  • Māori: tītipi — deep fried strips of potato
  • Mongolian: шарсан төмс (šarsan töms) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Norwegian: pommes frites — deep fried strips of potato
  • Norwegian: pomfri — deep fried strips of potato
  • Persian: سیبزمینی سرخکرده (sib-zamini-ye sorx-karde) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Polish: frytki — deep fried strips of potato
  • Portuguese: batatas fritas — deep fried strips of potato
  • Portuguese: batatinha frita — deep fried strips of potato
  • Romanian: cartofi prăjiți — deep fried strips of potato
  • Russian: ло́мтик (lómtik) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Russian: чипс (čips) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Russian: карто́фель фри (kartófelʹ fri) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Russian: чи́псы (čípsy) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Scottish Gaelic: sliseag — deep fried strips of potato
  • Scottish Gaelic: tiops — deep fried strips of potato
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀мфрит — deep fried strips of potato
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòmfrit — deep fried strips of potato
  • Serbo-Croatian: prženi krumpirići — deep fried strips of potato
  • Slovak: hranolčeky — deep fried strips of potato
  • Slovak: pomfritky — deep fried strips of potato
  • Slovene: pomfri — deep fried strips of potato
  • Sotho: tjhipise — deep fried strips of potato
  • Spanish: patatas fritas — deep fried strips of potato
  • Spanish: papas fritas — deep fried strips of potato
  • Spanish: papitas fritas — deep fried strips of potato
  • Spanish: papas a la francesa — deep fried strips of potato
  • Spanish: patatas a la francesa — deep fried strips of potato
  • Swedish: pommes frites — deep fried strips of potato
  • Swedish: strips — deep fried strips of potato
  • Telugu: ఫ్రెంచ్ ఫ్రైస్ (phreñc phrais) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Thai: เฟรนช์ฟราย (frén-fraai) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Thai: มันฝรั่งทอด (man-fà-ràng-tɔ̂ɔt) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Turkish: patates kızartması — deep fried strips of potato
  • Ukrainian: карто́пля фрі (kartóplja fri) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Uyghur: بەرەڭگە قەلەمچىسى (berengge qelemchisi) — deep fried strips of potato
  • Vietnamese: khoai tây chiên — deep fried strips of potato
  • Welsh: sglodion — deep fried strips of potato
  • Welsh: tsipsen — deep fried strips of potato
  • Yiddish: פֿראַנצויזיש פֿרייז (frantsoyzish freyz) — deep fried strips of potato