pomme frite

noun

A traditional Belgian-style skin-on shoestring-cut piece of deep-fried potato; French fry, chip.

OriginFrench pomme frite →
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Meanings

nounpomme frite (plural pommes frites or pomme frites or pommes frite)

plural pommes frites · plural pomme frites · plural pommes frite

  1. in pluralA traditional Belgian-style skin-on shoestring-cut piece of deep-fried potato; French fry, chip.

    Bouamrane announced last month he would be running for president. But as I pecked at pommes frites on a warm London evening, it was hard to see how that successful arrangement of NFP could happen again.

    2026 July 26, Coco Khan, “Am I a chicken-shop lefty? Here’s what a French fast food row taught me about politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Frenchpomme frite
  2. Frenchpomme frite
  3. Englishpomme frite

Borrowed from French pomme frite.

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APA

pomme frite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pomme%20frite

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“pomme frite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pomme%20frite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pomme frite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pomme%20frite.

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