fryとは

語源 1

From Middle English frien, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, frīgere (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्ज् (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), भृग् (bhṛg, “the crackling of fire”)

動詞

Eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms being fried in a frying pan

fry (三人称単数 現在形 fries, 現在分詞 frying, 過去形および過去分詞形 fried)

1. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
2. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
3. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.

   You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.

4. (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.

   He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.

5. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.

   If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:cook

派生語

名詞

fry (複数形 fries)

1. (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US) A fried strip of potato.

   Synonyms: chip, fried potato, french fry, freedom fry

2. (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

   Synonyms: fry-up

3. (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.

   to be in a fry

関連する語

• vocal fry

語源 2

From Middle English fry (“seed, offspring”), from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic ���������� (fraiw, “seed”).

名詞

fry (uncountable)

1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
2. Young fish; fishlings.
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.

3. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.

   a fry of children

4. (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.

派生語

• small fry

語源 3

Dialectal, of obscure origin.

名詞

fry (複数形 fries)

1. A kind of sieve.
2. A drain.