pommes frites

[pawm freet]

plural noun

French.

1. French fries.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pommes frites¹

Short for pommes de terre frites “fried potatoes”

Example Sentences

Can I interest you in a derrière scintillant with your pommes frites?

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Even after 10 on a school night, there are salty stacks of pommes frites on every table.

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Get some Croque Monsieurs and pommes frites at the most popular spot on Capitol Hill from which to catch soccer matches.

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“My wife, Isabel, and I go regularly to a Belgian restaurant, Et Voila!, and order the casserole de moules with pommes frites. We lived in Brussels for 16 years and one of my sons was born there.”

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The ricotta, clean and white; the sage as crispy as pommes frites.

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