pan-fry

verb

To fry in a pan with minimal oil.

Meanings

verbpan-fry (third-person singular simple present pan-fries, present participle pan-frying, simple past and past participle pan-fried)

present singular third person pan-fries · participle present pan-frying · participle past pan-fried · past pan-fried · alternative panfry · alternative pan fry

  1. transitiveTo fry in a pan with minimal oil.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 用平底鍋油煎 /用平底锅油煎, 煎
  • 用平底鍋油煎 /用平底锅油煎 (yòng píngdǐguō yóujiān)to fry in a pan
  • 煎 (jiān)to fry in a pan
Danish pandestege
  • pandestegeto fry in a pan
Finnish paistaa pannulla vähässä rasvassa, käristää
  • paistaa pannulla vähässä rasvassato fry in a pan
  • käristääto fry in a pan
German braten
  • bratento fry in a pan
Japanese フライパンに油をひいて焼く
  • フライパンに油をひいて焼く (furaipan ni abura o hiite yaku)to fry in a pan
Korean 프라이팬에 기름을 두르고 지지다
  • 프라이팬에 기름을 두르고 지지다 (peuraipaen-e gireum-eul dureugo jijida)to fry in a pan
Polish smażyć na patelni, usmażyć na patelni
  • smażyć na patelnito fry in a pan
  • usmażyć na patelnito fry in a pan
Cite this entry
APA

pan-fry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pan-fry

MLA

“pan-fry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pan-fry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pan-fry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pan-fry.

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