Chip/fries (to eat) – la frite

(Pronounced freet)

To remember that chip/fries is pronounced freet (frite) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The chips/fries were free to eat (frite).

Frites is feminine, so it's la frite. Imagine the Labrador serving a customer chips at a drive-thru.

Examples of frite (chips/fries) in a sentence

Elle mange des frites.

(She is eating fries.)

Rien ne vaut un bon steak haché avec des frites. 

(Nothing beats a good hamburger patty with fries.)

Les moules sont traditionnellement servies avec des frites.

(Mussels are traditionally served with fries.)