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French fries n. originally North American small pieces of potato (now commonly sticks or batons), fried or otherwise cooked in oil or fat and eaten hot, often as a side dish or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, etc.; (also occasionally in singular) a piece of potato cooked in this way.In North America, potatoes prepared in this way are generally known as French fries (or fries: see fry n.² Additions); in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries chip is the more usual term (see chip n.² 2c), although in British English French fries is now often used specifically to distinguish a long, thin style of chip from thicker, chunkier ones.