fry

See also:Fry

Translingual

Symbol

fry

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2&ISO 639-3language codeforWest Frisian.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR:frī,IPA^(key):/fɹaɪ/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-aɪ

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishfryen,borrowed fromOld Frenchfrire,fromLatinfrīgō(“to roast, fry”),fromProto-Indo-European*bʰer-.Cognate withAncient Greekφρύγω(phrúgō,“I roast, bake”),Sanskritभृज्जति(bhṛjjati,“to roast, grill, fry”),भृग्(bhṛg,“the crackling of fire”).Replaced nativeMiddle Englishhirsten,fromOld Englishhierstan(“to fry”).

Verb

Eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms beingfriedin afrying pan

fry(third-person singular simple presentfries,present participlefrying,simple past and past participlefried)

1. A method ofcookingfood.
   1. (transitive)Tocook(something) inhotfat.

      I amfryingthe eggs.

      You tellin' me a shrimpfriedthis rice?

   2. (intransitive)Tocookinhotfat.

      The eggs arefrying.

   3. (obsolete)Tosimmer;toboil.
      • 1697,Virgil,“The Seventh Book of theÆneis”,inJohn Dryden,transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…],London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC:

        With crackling flames a caldronfries.

      • 1590,Edmund Spenser,“Book II, Canto XII”, inThe Faerie Queene.[…],London:[…][John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:

        Ye might haue seene the frothy billowesfry

2. To beaffectedbyextremeheatorcurrent.
   1. (intransitive,colloquial)Tosufferbecause of too muchheat.

      You'llfryif you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.

   2. (chieflyUS,transitive,intransitive,slang)Toexecute,or beexecuted,by theelectric chair.

      He's guilty of murder: he's going tofry.

   3. (transitive,informal)Todestroy(something, usuallyelectronic) withexcessiveheat,voltage,orcurrent.

      If you apply that much voltage, you'llfrythe resistor.

Synonyms

• See alsoThesaurus:cook

Coordinate terms

• (be executed in the eletric chair):swing

Derived terms

• air-fry
• bigger fish to fry
• deep-fat-fry
• deep-fry
• fish to fry
• flash-fry
• fried
• fryable
• frybread
• fry cook
• frying
• frying pan
• fry jack
• frypan
• fry pan
• fry someone's bacon
• fry up
• have other fish to fry
• mind-frying
• more important fish to fry
• pan-fry
• shallow-fry
• stir-fry

Translations

to cook (something) in hot fat or oil

• Arabic:قَلَى(qalā)
• Armenian:տապակել(hy)(tapakel)
• Aromanian:frigu
• Assamese:

  Central:ভাজা(bhaza)

  Eastern:ভজা(bhoza)

• Azerbaijani:qızartmaq(az),qovurmaq(az)
• Basque:frijitu
• Belarusian:сма́жыцьimpf(smážycʹ)
• Biatah Bidayuh:gureng
• Bulgarian:пържа(bg)(pǎrža)
• Burmese:ကြော်(my)(krau)
• Catalan:fregir(ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Chiên(zin¹),Xào(caau²)

  Mandarin:Chiên(zh)(jiān),Xào(zh)(chǎo)

• Cornish:fria
• Czech:smažit(cs)impf,usmažitpf
• Dalmatian:fregur
• Danish:stege,brase
• Dongxiang:khuru
• Dutch:bakken(nl),braden(nl)
• Esperanto:friti(eo)
• Estonian:praadima
• Finnish:paistaa(fi),käristää(fi)
• French:faire frire
• Galician:frixir(gl),fritir(gl),estrelar(gl)(eggs)
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:braten(de)
• Greek:τηγανίζω(el)(tiganízo)
• Hebrew:טיגן \ טִגֵּן(he)(tigén)
• Hungarian:süt(hu)
• Irish:frioch
• Italian:friggere(it)
• Japanese:(Duで)Dương げる(あげる,ageru),Xào る(ja)(iru),Chiên る(ja)(iru)
• Khmer:ជៀន(km)(ciən),ឆា(km)(cʰaa)
• Korean:튀기다(ko)(twigida)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:سوور کردنەوە(sûr kirdnewe)

  Northern Kurdish:biraştin(ku),qelandin(ku)

• Lao:ຂົ້ວ(lo)(khūa),ຈຶນ(chưn)
• Latgalian:cept
• Latin:frīgō
• Latvian:cept(lv)
• Lithuanian:kepti(lt)
• Macedonian:пржи(prži)
• Malay:goreng(ms)
• Malayalam:വറുക്കുക(ml)(vaṟukkuka)
• Maori:parai
• Middle English:fryen
• Miyako:please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian:шарах(mn)(šarax),хуурах(mn)(xuurax)
• Norman:fricachi(Jersey),fricachier(Guernsey)
• Norwegian:steke(no)
• Occitan:fregir(oc)
• Okinawan:please add this translation if you can
• Persian:ویجیدن
• Polish:smażyć(pl)impf,usmażyć(pl)pf
• Portuguese:fritar(pt)
• Romanian:frige(ro),prăji(ro)
• Russian:жа́рить(ru)(žáritʹ)(imperfective),поджа́рить(ru)(podžáritʹ)(perfective)
• Sanskrit:भृज्जति(bhṛjjati)
• Sardinian:fríere
• Scottish Gaelic:praidhig
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:пр̏житиimpf

  Roman:pȑžiti(sh)impf

• Shuswap:p’íxem
• Slovak:smažiťimpf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:pjac

  Upper Sorbian:pjecimpf,wopjecpf,spjecpf,popjecpf

• Spanish:freír(es)
• Swedish:steka(sv)
• Sylheti:ꠜꠣꠎꠣ(báza)
• Tamil:வறு(ta)(vaṟu)
• Tedim Chin:kang
• Telugu:వేపు(te)(vēpu)
• Tetum:sona
• Thai:ทอด(th)(tɔ̂ɔt)
• Tibetan:please add this translation if you can
• Turkish:kızartmak(tr)
• Ukrainian:сма́житиimpf(smážyty),підсма́житиpf(pidsmážyty)
• Venetan:frìxer,frìxar,frìzar,frìzer,frìxere,frìzare
• Vietnamese:chiên(vi)
• Volapük:loetön(vo)
• Welsh:ffrio(cy)
• White Hmong:please add this translation if you can
• Yaeyama:please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish:פּרעגלען(preglen)
• Zhuang:please add this translation if you can
• Zou:keng

(intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil

• Armenian:տապակվել(hy)(tapakvel)
• Bulgarian:пържа се(pǎrža se)
• Czech:smažit se
• Danish:stege,dybstege
• Finnish:paistua(fi),käristyä
• French:frire(fr)
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:braten(de)
• Greek:τηγανίζω(el)(tiganízo)
• Hebrew:טוגן \ טֻגָּן(tugán),היטגן \ הִטַּגֵּן(hitagén)
• Italian:friggere(it)
• Korean:please add this translation if you can
• Maori:parai
• Middle English:fryen
• Polish:smażyć się(pl)
• Portuguese:fritar(pt)
• Romanian:prăji(ro)
• Scottish Gaelic:praidhig
• Spanish:freírse(es)
• Swedish:steka(sv)
• Tamil:வறு(ta)(vaṟu)
• Telugu:వేగు(te)(vēgu)
• Turkish:kızarmak(tr)

suffer because of too much heat

• Czech:smažit se,péci se
• Danish:blive stegt
• Finnish:paistua(fi),sulaa(fi)
• French:griller(fr)
• Galician:asarse
• German:kochen(de)
• Greek:ψήνομαι(el)(psínomai)
• Italian:friggere(it)
• Polish:smażyć się(pl)impf,prażyć się(pl)impf
• Portuguese:assar(pt)
• Romanian:prăji(ro)
• Spanish:asarse(es)
• Swedish:steka(sv)
• Turkish:kızarmak(tr),yanmak(tr)

informal: be executed by the electric chair

• Danish:blive henrettet i elektrisk stol
• Finnish:käristyä
• German:grillen(de)
• Italian:friggere(it)
• Spanish:freír(es)
• Turkish:kızarmak(tr)

Noun

fry(pluralfries)

1. (usually in theplural,fries,chieflyCanadaandUS,cooking)A fried piece of cutpotato.

   Synonyms:chip,french fry

2. (Ireland,British,cooking)A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

   Synonym:fry-up

3. (Australia,New Zealand,cooking)The liver of alamb.

   Synonym:liver

4. (usually in theplural,fries,US,cooking)A lamb or calftesticle.

   Synonyms:prairie oyster,Rocky Mountain oyster,tendergroin

5. (colloquial,archaic)A state ofexcitement.

   to be in afry

Derived terms

• a few fries short of a Happy Meal
• calf 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
• stir-fry
• three fries short of a Happy Meal
• tornado fry
• Ulster fry
• vocal fry

Translations

fried potato

• Breton:fritez(br)pl
• Bulgarian:пържени картофиmpl(pǎrženi kartofi)
• Finnish:ranskalaiset perunat(fi)
• French:frite(fr)f
• Galician:pataca fritaf
• Greek:τηγανητή πατάταf(tiganití patáta)
• Italian:patata frittaf,patatine frittef
• Malayalam:വറ(ml)(vaṟa)
• Mongolian:шарсан төмс(šarsan töms)
• Polish:frytka(pl)f
• Portuguese:frita(pt)f
• Romanian:cartofi prăjițimpl,cartofi paimpl
• Spanish:papas fritas(es)fpl,patatas fritasfpl
• Telugu:వేపుడు(te)(vēpuḍu)
• Turkish:kızartma(tr)

meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc

• Breton:fritadenn(br)f
• Danish:stegemadc
• Galician:frituraf,fritadaf
• Italian:fritto mistom
• Turkish:kızartma(tr)

Etymology 2

FromMiddle Englishfrie(“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”),probably fromOld Norsefrjó(“seed, semen”),fromProto-Germanic*fraiwą(“seed, semen, offspring”),fromProto-Indo-European*(s)per-,*(s)prey-(“to strew, sow”).Cognate withIcelandicfrjó(“pollen, seed”),Icelandicfræ(“seed”),Swedishfrö(“seed, embryo, grain, germ”),DanishandNorwegianfrø(“seed”),Gothic𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅(fraiw,“seed”).Likely merging withOld Frenchfroiz,froie(“spawn, spawning”),fromfroier,freier(“to spawn”),fromLatinfricō(“to rub”).The Middle English is attested earlier than the terms in Old French, and the Anglo-Norman formsfrie,fryare borrowings from the Middle English.

Noun

fry(uncountable)

2. Youngfish;fishlings.
   • 1644,John Milton,Areopagitica:

     it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the otherfrie;that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.

3. (now chieflyUKdialectal)Offspring;progeny;children;brood.
4. (archaic)A swarm, especially of something small.

   afryof children

5. (UKdialectal)Thespawnoffrogs.

Derived terms

• small fry

Translations

young fish

• Bulgarian:дребна рибкаf(drebna ribka)
• Catalan:aleví(ca)m
• Czech:plůdekm
• Danish:yngel(da)c,fiskeyngelc
• Finnish:kalanpoikanen,pikkukala
• French:frai(fr)m
• Georgian:ლიფსიტა(lipsiṭa)
• German:Fischbrutf,Setzling(de)m
• Greek:γόνος(el)m(gónos),ψαράκια(el)npl(psarákia)
• Greenlandic:erniaq
• Irish:gealógf
• Italian:avannottom
• Maori:poto
• Middle English:frie
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:yngelm

  Nynorsk:yngelm

• Polish:narybek(pl)m,zarybekm
• Portuguese:alevino(pt)m
• Romanian:peștișor(ro)m,caracudă(ro)f
• Russian:малёк(ru)m(maljók)
• Scottish Gaelic:frith-iasgm
• Spanish:alevín(es)m
• Swedish:yngel(sv),fiskyngel(sv)
• Turkish:bebek balık,balıkçık

Etymology 3

Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption offrith(“a wood, forest ", also" brushwood, wattle”),fromMiddle Englishfryth,frith(“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).

Noun

fry(pluralfries)

1. A kind ofsieve.
2. Adrain,usually made ofbrushwood.

Verb

fry(third-person singular simple presentfries,present participlefrying,simple past and past participlefried)

1. (transitive,dialectal)To make a brushwood drain.

Middle English

Noun

fry

1. Alternative form offrie