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フレンチフライ (furenchifurai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

フレンチフライ

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Meanings

1

French fries; chips; fried potato

Common loanword for French fries; used in fast-food contexts and everyday conversation.

ハンバーガーにフレンチフライが付ついてい

ます

。

French fries come with the hamburger.

フレンチフライをケチャップで食たべる。

I eat French fries with ketchup.

Related words

ポテトフライ
Also means fried potato, but フレンチフライ specifically refers to the thin, long-cut style common in fast food.

Built from

フレンチ+フライ

Written forms

フレンチ・フライ
- フレンチフライ
  Variant with interpunct; less common but still seen.
- フレンチ・フライ

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'French fry'.