fry

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of West Frisian Frysk. === Symbol === fry (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for West Frisian. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of West Frisian terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: frī, IPA(key): /fɹaɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Verb ==== fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried) A method of cooking food. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat. (obsolete) To simmer; to boil. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat. (chiefly US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current. To make laugh thoroughly. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:cook ===== Coordinate terms ===== (be executed in the electric chair): swing ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== fry (plural fries) (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato. Synonyms: chip, french fry (Ireland, British, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. Synonym: fry-up (Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb. Synonym: liver (usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle. Synonyms: prairie oyster, Rocky Mountain oyster, tendergroin (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Compare friable. ==== Noun ==== fry (uncountable) Young fish; fishlings. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small. a fry of children (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs. ===== Derived terms ===== fryling sac fry small fry ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”). ==== Noun ==== fry (plural fries) A kind of sieve. A drain, usually made of brushwood. ==== Verb ==== fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried) (transitive, dialectal) To make a brushwood drain. === References === == Middle English == === Noun === fry alternative form of frie