fry
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ- (“to roast, fry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), भृग् (bhṛg, “the crackling of fire”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”).
Inflected forms:
form: fries
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: frying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fried
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fried
pos: verb
tags: past
form: fries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A method of cooking food.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I am frying the eggs.
gloss: A method of cooking food.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The eggs are frying.
gloss: A method of cooking food.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: With crackling flames a caldron fries.
Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry
gloss: To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
examples: You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
gloss: To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
pos: verb
tags: US
ambitransitive
slang
examples: He's guilty of murder: he's going to fry.
gloss: To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Taking drugs for years fried his brain.
gloss: To entertain (a person) greatly; to make to laugh thoroughly.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: This joke is absolutely frying me.
gloss: A long, thin fried piece of cut potato.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
plural-normally
gloss: A long, thin fried piece of other foods.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
plural-normally
examples: halloumi fries
gloss: A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
gloss: The liver of a lamb.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
gloss: A lamb or calf testicle.
pos: noun
tags: US
plural-normally
gloss: A state of excitement.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
colloquial
examples: to be in a fry
Derived words: air-fry
bigger fish to fry
deep-fat-fry
deep-fry
dry-fry
fish to fry
flash-fry
fried
fryable
frybread
fry cook
fryer
frying
frying pan
fry jack
frypan
fry pan
fry pie
fry someone's bacon
fry up
frywood
have other fish to fry
mind-frying
more important fish to fry
overfry
pan-fry
parfry
refry
shallow-fry
unfry
stir-fry
a few fries short of a Happy Meal
calf fries
cottage fries
curly fry
fish fry
french fry
fries
fry sauce
glottal fry
Hangtown fry
home fry
lamb fries
lamb's fry
one fry short of a Happy Meal
three fries short of a Happy Meal
tornado fry
Ulster fry
vocal fry
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: skuq
lang: Arabic
word: قَلَى
roman: qalā
lang: Armenian
word: տապակել
roman: tapakel
lang: Aromanian
word: frigu
lang: Assamese
word: ভাজা
roman: bhaza
lang: Assamese
word: ভজা
roman: bhoza
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qızartmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qovurmaq
lang: Bangi
word: kanga
lang: Basque
word: frijitu
lang: Belarusian
word: сма́жыць
roman: smážycʹ
lang: Biatah Bidayuh
word: gureng
lang: Bulgarian
word: пържа
roman: pǎrža
lang: Burmese
word: ကြော်
roman: krau
lang: Catalan
word: fregir
lang: Tedim Chin
word: kang
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 煎
roman: zin¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 炒
roman: caau²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 煎
roman: jiān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 炒
roman: chǎo
lang: Cornish
word: fria
lang: Czech
word: smažit
lang: Czech
word: usmažit
lang: Dalmatian
word: fregur
lang: Danish
word: stege
lang: Danish
word: brase
lang: Dongxiang
word: khuru
lang: Dutch
word: bakken
lang: Dutch
word: braden
lang: Esperanto
word: friti
lang: Estonian
word: praadima
lang: Finnish
word: paistaa
lang: Finnish
word: käristää
lang: French
word: faire frire
lang: Galician
word: frixir
lang: Galician
word: fritir
lang: Galician
word: estrelar
lang: German
word: braten
lang: Greek
word: τηγανίζω
roman: tiganízo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τηγανίζω
roman: tēganízō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ταγηνίζω
roman: tagēnízō
lang: Hebrew
word: טיגן \ טִגֵּן
roman: tigén
lang: Hindi
word: तलना
roman: talnā
lang: Hungarian
word: süt
lang: Irish
word: frioch
lang: Italian
word: friggere
lang: Japanese
word: (油で)揚げる
roman: ageru
lang: Japanese
word: 炒る
roman: iru
lang: Japanese
word: 煎る
roman: iru
lang: Kazakh
word: қуыру
roman: quyru
lang: Khmer
word: ជៀន
roman: ciən
lang: Khmer
word: ឆា
roman: cʰaa
lang: Korean
word: 튀기다
roman: twigida
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سوور کردنەوە
roman: sûr kirdnewe
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: biraştin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qelandin
lang: Lao
word: ຂົ້ວ
roman: khūa
lang: Lao
word: ຈຶນ
roman: chưn
lang: Latgalian
word: cept
lang: Latin
word: frīgō
lang: Latvian
word: cept
lang: Lingala
word: kalinga
lang: Lithuanian
word: kepti
lang: Lutuv
word: kie
lang: Macedonian
word: пржи
roman: prži
lang: Malay
word: goreng
lang: Malayalam
word: വറുക്കുക
roman: vaṟukkuka
lang: Māori
word: parai
lang: Middle English
word: fryen
lang: Mongolian
word: шарах
roman: šarax
lang: Mongolian
word: хуурах
roman: xuurax
lang: Norman
word: fricachi
lang: Norman
word: fricachier
lang: Norwegian
word: steke
lang: Occitan
word: fregir
lang: Persian
word: ویجیدن
lang: Polish
word: smażyć
lang: Polish
word: usmażyć
lang: Portuguese
word: fritar
lang: Romanian
word: frige
lang: Romanian
word: prăji
lang: Russian
word: жа́рить
roman: žáritʹ
lang: Russian
word: поджа́рить
roman: podžáritʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: भृज्जति
roman: bhṛjjati
lang: Sardinian
word: fríere
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: praidhig
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пр̏жити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȑžiti
lang: Shuswap
word: p’íxem
lang: Slovak
word: smažiť
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pjac
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: pjec
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: wopjec
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: spjec
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: popjec
lang: Spanish
word: freír
lang: Swahili
word: kaanga
lang: Swedish
word: steka
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠜꠣꠎꠣ
roman: báza
lang: Tamil
word: வறு
roman: vaṟu
lang: Telugu
word: వేపు
roman: vēpu
lang: Tetum
word: sona
lang: Thai
word: ทอด
roman: tɔ̂ɔt
lang: Turkish
word: kızartmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: сма́жити
roman: smážyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: підсма́жити
roman: pidsmážyty
lang: Urdu
word: تلنا
roman: talnā
lang: Venetan
word: frìxer
lang: Venetan
word: frìxar
lang: Venetan
word: frìzar
lang: Venetan
word: frìzer
lang: Venetan
word: frìxere
lang: Venetan
word: frìzare
lang: Vietnamese
word: chiên
lang: Vietnamese
word: rán
lang: Volapük
word: loetön
lang: Welsh
word: ffrio
lang: Yiddish
word: פּרעגלען
roman: preglen
lang: Zou
word: keng
lang: Breton
word: fritez
lang: Bulgarian
word: пържени картофи
roman: pǎrženi kartofi
lang: Finnish
word: ranskalaiset perunat
lang: French
word: frite
lang: Galician
word: pataca frita
lang: Greek
word: τηγανητή πατάτα
roman: tiganití patáta
lang: Italian
word: patata fritta
lang: Italian
word: patatine fritte
lang: Malayalam
word: വറ
roman: vaṟa
lang: Mongolian
word: шарсан төмс
roman: šarsan töms
lang: Polish
word: frytka
lang: Portuguese
word: frita
lang: Romanian
word: cartofi prăjiți
lang: Romanian
word: cartofi pai
lang: Spanish
word: papas fritas
lang: Spanish
word: patatas fritas
lang: Telugu
word: వేపుడు
roman: vēpuḍu
lang: Turkish
word: kızartma