french-fry

French-fry

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french frahy]
- /frɛntʃ fraɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french frahy]
- /frɛntʃ fraɪ/

Definitions of french-fry word

verb with object french-fry to fry in deep fat: to French-fry onion rings. 1
modifier french-fry of or relating to French fries 0
noun french-fry to fry in very hot deep fat until crisp 0
adjective french-fry attributive form of french fry, noun. 0

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Origin of french-fry

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1925-30

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for French-fry

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French-fry

french-fry popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.