fritter

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/ (US) enPR: frĭtʹər, IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪtɚ/, [ˈfɹɪɾɚ] Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === fritter (plural fritters) A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fritter (third-person singular simple present fritters, present participle frittering, simple past and past participle frittered) (intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. (transitive) To sinter. (transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. (transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === tempura == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁi.te/ === Verb === fritter (transitive) to fritter / sinter ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “fritter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012