frites

American  

[freet] / frit /

plural noun

French.

1. French fries.

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Usage

What does frites mean? Frites are French fries. Frites is the French word for French fries. In English-speaking countries, frites is used on menus to indicate that the fries are prepared in the Belgian or French style. But more often the word is simply used to make them sound fancier. Frites is typically used in the plural. Example: True Belgian frites are cut to a certain thickness and are usually squared off at the ends.

Example Sentences

But the city is one of the most multicultural in the world, and there’s a lot more to its food than steak frites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

After a long day, I find myself wishing I could curl up with French onion soup or tuck into a perfectly pink steak frites.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

Or try All Water Seafood and Oyster Bar, which serves seafood classics with Pacific Northwest flair, from seared halibut and seafood chowder to king salmon, moules frites and local oysters on the half-shell.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Kesling’s Kitchen, 665 Palm Canyon Drive, which opened in 2016, has an eclectic, ever-changing menu from chef Thomas Hildebrandt that might include steak frites or shaved Brussels sprouts salad and reliably offers wood-fired pizza.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023

Pa. The humor of it, quoth you: Heres a fellow frites humor out of his wits.

From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge