Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fry

/fɹaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
fry
IPA
/fɹaɪ/
9
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

A method of cooking food.

Transitive verb

verb

A method of cooking food.

Intransitive verb

verb

A method of cooking food.

Obsolete

verb

To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.

Colloquial; Intransitive verb

verb

To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.

American usage; Slang

verb

To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To entertain (a person) greatly; to make to laugh thoroughly.

Slang; Transitive verb

noun

A long, thin fried piece of cut potato.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: frie, frjó, *fraiwą, *(s)per-, froiz, fricō

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

fries (present, singular) frying (participle, present) fried (participle, past) fried (past) fries (plural)

Derived Forms

fried fryable frybread fryer frying frypan frywood overfry parfry refry unfry fries

Phrases

air-fry bigger fish to fry deep-fat-fry deep-fry dry-fry fish to fry flash-fry fry cook

Frequently Paired Words

swing

Synonyms

chip French fry fry-up liver prairie oyster Rocky Mountain oyster tendergroin child kid youngster minor shaver

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce fry?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɹaɪ/.
What does fry mean?
A method of cooking food.
Where does fry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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