pommes frites

[ pawm -freet ]

/ pɔm ˈfrit /

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plural noun French.

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Origin of pommes frites

Short for pommes de terre frites “fried potatoes”

No frites evident, but then I walked along the cobbled streets to the main marketplace.
Touring Belgium, by French Fry|Lea Lane Stern|May 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Frites are the supporting act at many memorable meals throughout Belgium.
Touring Belgium, by French Fry|Lea Lane Stern|May 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Like most mothers in France, she was well versed in the art of chausson aux pommes, a simple applesauce tart with a pastry crust.
4 Autumnal Desserts|Michel Richard|November 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
One of the items was L'estomac de dinde à l'ambassadrice, pommes sautees.
The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912|Lillie DeHegermann-Lindencrone

Pommes de terre sautes may be deemed chaste enough to appear—and disappear—at the same happy moment.
The Feasts of Autolycus|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Would you give bottled tomatoes preference when the gay pommes d'amour, just picked, ornament every stall in the market?
The Feasts of Autolycus|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Salve di mora casta e pura entrecote sauce piquante crême à l'orange cotelettes pommes sautés basta-presto!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 17, 1887|Various
I intend to go abroad this summer to do some etchings 'qui seront aux pommes.'
In Bohemia with Du Maurier|Felix Moscheles