fries

noun

A surname.

A town in Virginia.

(cooking, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Ellipsis of french fries. [(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Strips of deep-fried potatoes that have been frenched (cut into strips).]

Roots

frigofri- · Latin · roast, fry

Synonyms & related words for fries

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of fries. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to fries

Explore words related to fries — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include chips, burgers, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fried, beefburger, vegeburger, chiliburger. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does fries come from?

The word fries breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root fri-, from Latin frigo (“roast, fry”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.