fries
/fɹaɪz/
fries is the plural of fry.
fries is the ellipsis of French fries.
fries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fry.
Meaning of fry
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- A long, thin fried piece of cut potato.
- Synonyms:
- chip, French fry
- A long, thin fried piece of other foods.
- halloumi fries
- A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- Synonyms:
- fry-up
- The liver of a lamb.
- Synonyms:
- liver
- A lamb or calf testicle.
- Synonyms:
- prairie oyster, Rocky Mountain oyster, tendergroin
- A state of excitement.
- to be in a fry
Meaning of French fries
Noun
French fries pl (normally plural, singular French fry)
- Strips of potato that have been deep-fried.
- Thick-cut, crispy French fries are our specialty.
- Synonyms:
- fries, freedom fries, French-fried potatoes
Proper noun capitalized: Fries
IPA/ˈfɹiːz/
Fries
Forms of fries
| singular | fry |
|---|
Origin of fries
The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French.
Words formed from fries
Phrases with fries
- fries up
- air fries
- pan fries
- deep fries
- fish fries
- stir fries
- small fries
- cheese fries
- french fries
- Ulster fries
- tornado fries
- Hangtown fries
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with fries
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
- i's
Questions about fries
- What does fries mean?
- Fries means a surname.
- What is fries the plural of?
- Fries is the plural of fry.
- What part of speech is fries?
- Fries is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fries?
- Fries is pronounced /fɹaɪz/.
Words near fries in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fries (page history and authors); Fries (page history and authors); fry (page history and authors); French fries (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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