fry

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) A method of cooking food.
2. (intransitive) A method of cooking food.
3. (obsolete) A method of cooking food.
4. (colloquial, intransitive) To be affected by extreme heat or current.
5. (US, ambitransitive, slang) To be affected by extreme heat or current.
6. (informal, transitive) To be affected by extreme heat or current.

Noun

1. (Canada, US, plural-normally) A fried piece of cut potato.
2. (British, Ireland) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand) The liver of a lamb.
4. (US, plural-normally) A lamb or calf testicle.
5. (archaic, colloquial) A state of excitement.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Young fish; fishlings.
2. (UK, dialectal, uncountable) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
3. (archaic, uncountable) A swarm, especially of something small.
4. (UK, dialectal, uncountable) The spawn of frogs.

Noun

1. A kind of sieve.
2. A drain, usually made of brushwood.

Synonyms

roast

young fish

stir-fry

broil

parch

toast

grill

bake

boil

cook

🧑‍🍳

electrocute

fire

🔥

child

🧒

small fry

kid

🧒

tiddler

tyke

minor

nestling

nipper

youngster

fry in oil

tike

burn

saute

scorch

shaver

sizzle

smelt

strike out

swelter

thaw

unfreeze

whitebait

young

caramelise

combust

fish fry

sprog

unthaw

small fish

children

sunburn

deep fry

stir fry

braai

pan-fry

ammocetes

fish larvae

leptocephalus

Translations

frire

friggere

freír

braten

fritar

bakken

fruiten

freir

τηγανίζω

fregir

rôtir

braden

assar

backen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fryen

Cognate with Ancient Greek: φρύγω

Cognate with Sanskrit: भृज्ज्

Inherited from Middle English: frie

Cognate with Icelandic: frjó

Cognate with Icelandic: fræ

Cognate with Swedish: frö

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: frø

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅

Inherited from Middle English: fryth

In summary

From Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), भृग् (bhṛg, “the crackling of fire”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”).