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pomme frite

pomme frite noun: a traditional Belgian-style skin-on shoestring-cut piece of deep-fried potato; French fry, chip.

Noun

pomme frite (plural pommes frites or pomme frites or pommes frite)

  1. (in plural) A traditional Belgian-style skin-on shoestring-cut piece of deep-fried potato; French fry, chip.
    • Bouamrane announced last month he would be running for president. But as I pecked at pommes frites on a warm London evening, it was hard to see how that successful arrangement of NFP could happen again.2026 July 26, Coco Khan, “Am I a chicken-shop lefty? Here’s what a French fast food row taught me about politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of pomme frite

pluralpommes frites
pluralpomme frites
pluralpommes frite

Origin of pomme frite

Borrowed from French pomme frite.

Questions about pomme frite

What does pomme frite mean?
Pomme frite means a traditional Belgian-style skin-on shoestring-cut piece of deep-fried potato; French fry, chip.
What part of speech is pomme frite?
Pomme frite is a noun.
What is the plural of pomme frite?
The plural of pomme frite is pommes frites.

Words near pomme frite in the dictionary

  1. pommage
  2. Pommard
  3. Pommards
  4. pomme
  5. pomme blanche
  6. pomme frite
  7. pomme frites
  8. pomme puree
  9. pomme purée
  10. pommecythere
  11. pommecytheres

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