French fries

french fries English vertical 250 Truffle oil french fries (33024792848).jpg French fries cooked in truffle oil, sprinkled with herbs Sweet potato fries (1).jpg Crinkle-cut sweet potato fries as a side dish Alternative forms en french fries Etymology en of earlier en French fried potatoes (1856) and en French-fried potatoes, potatoes supposedly prepared in the French style.n The idea that the preparation was specific to French cuisine was more notional than otherwise; more at Wikipedia. Compare also en French dressing. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-french fries.wav CA Noun p French fry en chiefly North America Philippines Strips of potato that have been deep-fried. from 1903 en fries North America freedom fries US, dated French-fried potatoes North America, dated en julienne fries crinkle-cut fries home fries cottage fries potato wedges wedges en Thick-cut, crispy French fries are our specialty. en Lillian Pettengill Toilers of the Home 1903 Doubleday, Page & Company New York https://archive.org/details/toilershomereco00pettgoog/page/n310/mode/1up 292 “What's the matter?” she asked quickly. “Haven't we had all the things before? Soup, chops, peas, French fries, and the fruit pudding–there wasn't a thing new.” en 1922 XXII Henry Holt & Company Love Conquers All 111 https://archive.org/details/loveconquersall00bencgoog/page/n141/mode/1up Robert C. Benchley His first official act was to order dinner. “A nice, juicy steak,” he is said to have called for, “French fries, apple pie and a cup of coffee.” It is probable that he really said “a coff of cuppee,” however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king. en Sandee LaMotte Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/health/pfas-chemicals-fast-food-groceries-wellness 2022-03-25 Levels of PFAS indicators in the 200s were found in a Sweetgreen paper bag for focaccia, additional items at Cava, and in bags for french fries, cookies and Chicken McNuggets at McDonald’s. https://web.archive.org/web/20260306102238/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/health/pfas-chemicals-fast-food-groceries-wellness 6 March 2026 Usage notes In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, deep-fried potato strips are generally and traditionally called chips. However, with exposure to the "French fries" on the menus of US-origin fast food outlets, the term French fries (or just en fries) has for many people come to mean, specifically, "chips" of the type usually served in those outlets, which are generally thinner, and also possibly crispier, than the traditional British "chip". Derived terms en freedom fries fries Translations deep-fried strips of potato Afrikaans: af slaptjips, af aartappelskyfie Albanian: sq patate të skuqura f-p Arabic: ar بَطَاطَا مَقْلِيَّة f, ar بَطَاطِس مَقْلِيَّة f Hijazi Arabic: acw بطاطس m baṭāṭis, acw بطاطس مقلي m baṭāṭis magli Iraqi Arabic: acm فنگر m fingar Moroccan Arabic: ary فريت m frīt North Levantine Arabic: apc بطاطا f baṭāṭa, apc بطاطا مقلية f baṭāṭa maʔliyye Armenian: hy ֆրի Basque: eu patata frijitu Belarusian: be бу́льба фры f Bulgarian: bg пъ́ржени карто́фи m-p, bg чипс p Catalan: ca patates fregides f-p, ca creïlles fregides f-p Chinese: Cantonese: yue 薯條 syu4 tiu4-2 Mandarin: cmn 炸薯條 zháshǔtiáo, zhàshǔtiáo, cmn 土豆條 tǔdòutiáo, cmn 馬鈴薯條 mǎlíngshǔtiáo, cmn 炸土豆條 zhátǔdòutiáo, cmn 薯條 shǔtiáo, cmn 法式薯條 fǎshì shǔtiáo Czech: cs hranolky m-p, cs pomfrity p Danish: da pomfrit c, da pommes frites p, da fritter p Dutch: southern Netherlands Belgium nl friet, northern Netherlands nl patat, Belgium nl frieten Esperanto: eo terpomfingroj p, eo terpomfritoj p Estonian: et friikartulid p, et friikad p Finnish: fi ranskalainen peruna ranskalaiset perunat p, fi ranskanperuna ranskanperunat p; fi ranskis ranskikset p, fi ranskalainen ranskalaiset p French: fr frites f-p, fr pommes frites f-p, fr pommes allumettes f-p Galician: gl patacas fritas f-p Georgian: ka კარტოფილი ფრი, ka კარტოფილი „ფრი“ German: de Pommes frites f-p, de Pommes f-p, de Fritten f-p Greek: el τηγανητές πατάτες f-p Gujarati: gu ફ્રેન્ચ ફ્રાઈસ Hebrew: he צִ׳יפְּס m chips, he טוגנים m-p tuganím formal, puristic Hindi: hi फ़्रेंच फ़्राइज़ Hungarian: hu hasábburgonya, hu szalmakrumpli, hu sült burgonya, hu sült krumpli Icelandic: is franskar f-p Ido: io potato-fritajo Indonesian: id kentang goreng, id keripik Interlingua: ia patatas frite Irish: ga sceallóga f-p Italian: it patata fritta f colloquial, it patate fritte f-p colloquial, it patatine fritte f-p, it patatina fritta f, it patatina f Japanese: ja フライドポテト furaido poteto, ja フレンチフライ furenchi furai Khmer: km ដំឡូងបារាំង, km ដំឡូងបារាំងបំពង, km បន្ទះសៀគ្វី banteah siekvi Korean: ko 감자튀김, ko 감자튀기 North Korea, ko 프렌치 프라이 Lao: lo ມັນຝຣັ່ງທອດ Latvian: lv frī kartupeļi p, lv kartupeļi frī Lithuanian: lt bulvytės fri Macedonian: mk помфри́т m Malay: ms kentang goreng Maltese: mt ċips p Māori: mi tītipi Mongolian: mn шарсан төмс Navajo: nv nímasii ádaałtsʼóózígo niheeshgizhgo akʼah bee shibézhígíí Norwegian: no pommes frites m, no pomfri m Persian: fa سیب‌زمینی سرخ‌کرده sib-zamini-ye sorx-karde Polish: pl frytki nv-p Portuguese: pt batatas fritas f-p, pt batatinha frita f Romanian: ro cartofi prăjiți m-p Russian: ru ло́мтик m, ru чипс m, ru карто́фель фри m, ru чипс чи́псы m-p Scottish Gaelic: gd sliseag f, gd tiops m-p Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh по̀мфрит m Latin: sh pòmfrit m, sh prženi krumpirići p Slovak: sk hranolčeky m-p, sk pomfritky p Slovene: sl pomfri m Sotho: st tjhipise Spanish: Spain es patatas fritas f-p, Mexico es papas fritas f-p, Nicaragua es papitas fritas f-p, es papas a la francesa f-p, es patatas a la francesa f-p Swedish: sv pommes frites c, sv strips p Telugu: te ఫ్రెంచ్ ఫ్రైస్ Thai: th เฟรนช์ฟราย frén-fraai, th มันฝรั่งทอด man-fà-ràng-tɔ̂ɔt Turkish: tr patates kızartması Ukrainian: uk карто́пля фрі f Uyghur: ug بەرەڭگە قەلەمچىسى Vietnamese: vi khoai tây chiên fried western potato Welsh: cy sglodion, cy tsipsen f Yiddish: yi פֿראַנצויזיש פֿרייז References Further reading en Foods Potatoes