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”

Words nearby pommes frites

pommée, pommel, pommel horse, pommelo, Pommern, pommes frites, pommy, pomo, pomology, Pomona, Pomona glass

How to use pommes frites in a sentence

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

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