What are fries called around the World?
I’m still compiling this page and need your help: let me know how you call (Belgian) Fries in your language, if possible with the phonetic transcription.
Soundsamples (WAV or other formats) are welcome too!!
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The list so far
In | where they speak | fries are called |
Belgium | Vlaams (Dutch) | friet frit(ten) frut (Antwerp) |
Belgium | French | frites pommes frites |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian | Пържени картофки |
Brazil | Portugese | batata frita |
Canada – Quebec | French | patates frites |
China | Mandarin | Shu Tiao [Shu3 Tiao2] (Shu: potato, Tiao: stripe or stick)![]() |
Columbia | Spanish | papas a la francesa (potatoes a la french) papas fritas (fried potatoes) |
Czech Republic | Czech | hranolky (little prisms) |
Denmark | Danish | pomfritter |
Finland | Finnish | ranskalaiset perunat (French potatoes) ranskalaiset (French) ranskikset (slang) |
France | French | frites pommes frites |
Germany | Deutsch | pommes pommesfrites |
Greece | Greek | ![]() (Βελγική) πατάτες τηγανητές |
Hong Kong | Cantonese | Shu Till (Shu: potato, Till: stripe or stick)![]() |
Hungary | Hungarian | sult krumpli |
Ireland | Irish | chips |
Israel | Hebrew | metuganim [me-too-ga-nim] |
Israel | Hebrew | ![]() |
Italie | Italian | patatine fritte |
Indonesia | kentang goreng | |
Japan | Japanese | furaido poteeto (fried potatoe) furenchi furai (French Fry) ![]() |
Korea | Korean | Gamza teekim![]() |
Latin America | Spanish speaking countries | papas fritas |
Latvia | Latvian | (Beļģu) frī kartupeļi |
Malaysia | Malaysian | kentang goreng |
Mexico | Spanish | papas a la francesa |
Macedonia | Macedonian | (Белгискиот) картофи компири |
Norway | Norwegian | pommes frites [pom fri] |
Philippines | Filipino/tagalog | piniritong patatas (or) patatas na pinirito |
Poland | Polish | frytki |
Portugal | Portugees | batatas fritas |
Romania | Romanian | (Belgian) cartofi prajiti |
Russia | Russian | (Бельгийские) картофелем фри |
Spain | Spanish | patatas fritas |
Serbia | Serbian | (Белгијска) кромпир кромпир |
Slovania | Slovanian | (Belgijski) krompirček krompir |
Sweden | Swedish | franske Kartofler (french potatoes) pommes frites strips (slang) |
Taiwan | Chinese | Su Tiao |
Thailand | Thai | man fa rang tod (man fa rang = potato and tod = fries) |
The Netherlands | Dutch | patat patat frites Vlaamse friet (Flemish fries) |
Turkey | Turkish | Patates Kizartmasi
(Belçikalı) patates kızartmas |
UK | English | chips |
USA | English | (French) fries Freedom Fries (2003) |