Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.?
Latin frīgō
Old French frirebor.
Middle English fryen
English fry
Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”).
Meanings
(Canada, US, plural-normally, qualifier:fries) A long, thin fried piece of cut potato.
(broadly, plural-normally) A long, thin fried piece of other foods.
halloumi fries
(Ireland, UK) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
(Australia, New-Zealand) The liver of a lamb.
(US, plural-normally, qualifier:fries) A lamb or calf testicle.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.?
Latin frīgō
Old French frirebor.
Middle English fryen
English fry
Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”).
Meanings
(transitive) A method of cooking food. ▸ To cook (something) in hot fat.
I am frying the eggs.
(intransitive) A method of cooking food. ▸ To cook in hot fat.
The eggs are frying.
(obsolete) A method of cooking food. ▸ To simmer; to boil.
Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
With crackling flames a caldron fries. 1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
(colloquial, intransitive) To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. ▸ To suffer because of too much heat.
You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
(US, ambitransitive, slang) To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. ▸ To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
He's guilty of murder: he's going to fry.
(informal, transitive) To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. ▸ To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Taking drugs for years fried his brain.
(slang, transitive) To entertain (a person) greatly; to make to laugh thoroughly.
as ভাজা (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fi käristyä ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · cs smažit se ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · vec frìxere (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vec frìzar (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sa भृज्जति (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ro prăji ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · ta வறு ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · hy տապակել (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · eu frijitu (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · enm fryen (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · bg пържа (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · as ভজা (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · hsb wopjec (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · de kochen (suffer because of too much heat) · cs péci se (suffer because of too much heat) · te వేగు ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · kk қуырылу ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · gd praidhig ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · fr faire frire (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · da brase (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · el ψήνομαι (suffer because of too much heat) · fi paistua (suffer because of too much heat) · clt kie (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fr frire ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · sw kaanga (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · mn хуурах (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · hi तलना (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · be сма́жыць (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ltg cept (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ja 煎る (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sv steka (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sv steka (suffer because of too much heat) · fi paistua ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · es freír (informal: be executed by the electric chair) · mn шарах (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · shs p’íxem (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ckb سوور کردنەوە (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fr griller (suffer because of too much heat) · mi parai (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · cy ffrio (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · bni kanga (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fi käristyä (informal: be executed by the electric chair) · lo ຂົ້ວ (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fi käristää (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · enm fryen ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · mk пржи (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ar قَلَى (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ta வறு (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ctd kang (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · oc fregir (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · pt fritar ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · te వేపు (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · rup frigu (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · hsb pjec (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ru поджа́рить (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · dlm fregur (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vec frìxer (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · pl smażyć się ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · tr kızarmak (suffer because of too much heat) · bg пържа се ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · pl prażyć się (suffer because of too much heat) · hu süt (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vec frìzare (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · tr kızartmak (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · es asarse (suffer because of too much heat) · ga frioch (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · cs smažit se (suffer because of too much heat) · et praadima (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · kmr qelandin (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ro frige (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sce khuru (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vi chiên (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · kw fria (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · cs usmažit (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · kk қуыру (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · es freír (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · nl braden (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · es freírse ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · yue 煎 (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · gd praidhig (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vec frìxar (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · tr kızarmak ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · hsb spjec (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · km ជៀន (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · nrf fricachier (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · syl ꠜꠣꠎꠣ (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · kk күйіп-жану (suffer because of too much heat) · sk smažiť (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · de grillen (informal: be executed by the electric chair) · sc fríere (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · az qovurmaq (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ko 튀기다 (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ro prăji (suffer because of too much heat) · it friggere (informal: be executed by the electric chair) · ur تلنا (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · nl bakken (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · tr kızarmak (informal: be executed by the electric chair) · km ឆា (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · mi parai ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · gl frixir (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ms goreng (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · gl estrelar (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · lv cept (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sq skuq (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vec frìzer (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · th ทอด (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · gl fritir (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · da stege ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · vo loetön (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ln kalinga (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · eu erregosi (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ro prăji (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · hsb popjec (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · kmr biraştin (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · he טיגן \ טִגֵּן (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · dsb pjac (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ru жа́рить (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · hy տապակվել ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · grc ταγηνίζω (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · de braten (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · tet sona (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · cs smažit (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · de braten ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · cmn 炒 (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ca fregir (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sh пр̏жити (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fa ویجیدن (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · zom keng (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · sv steka ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · gl asarse (suffer because of too much heat) · my ကြော် (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · uk сма́жити (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · bth gureng (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · fi sulaa (suffer because of too much heat) · lo ຈຶນ (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · az qızartmaq (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · he היטגן \ הִטַּגֵּן ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · da blive stegt (suffer because of too much heat) · la frīgō (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · grc τηγανίζω (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · it friggere (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · vi rán (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ja 炒る (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · tr yanmak (suffer because of too much heat) · uk підсма́жити (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · pt assar (suffer because of too much heat) · eo friti (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · nrf fricachi (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ja (油で)揚げる (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · cmn 煎 (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · pl usmażyć (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · it friggere (suffer because of too much heat) · nb steke (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · ml വറുക്കുക (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · yue 炒 (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · da stege (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · it friggere ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · sh pȑžiti (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · el τηγανίζω ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · pl smażyć (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · he טוגן \ טֻגָּן ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · el τηγανίζω (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · da dybstege ((intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil) · pl smażyć się (suffer because of too much heat) · yi פּרעגלען (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · pt fritar (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil) · lt kepti (to cook (something) in hot fat or oil)
From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Compare friable.
Meanings
(uncountable) Young fish; fishlings.
it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
Keen was the frost and crisp the snow over our world; and we young fry of the King households were all agog to enjoy life—for was it not Saturday, and were we not left all alone to keep house? 1913, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Golden Road, L.C. Page & Co.:
(archaic, uncountable) A swarm, especially of something small.
Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).
Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).
Meanings
(dialectal, transitive) To make a brushwood drain.