Example sentences for: frites

How can you use “frites” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For entrée she has the spécialité de la maison, coq au vin with pommes frites and aubergines and he has filet mignon aux fines herbes with courgettes and purée de tomate.

  • French names for foods are common: poulet frit fried chicken Kentucky; moules mussels; frites French fries; poutine French fries with curd cheese and gravy (named after a Colonel Poutine who was in charge of provisions at the Siege of Quebec in 1749; at the end, the only stores remaining were potatoes, cheese, and chicken stock; local folk etymology has it from putain, putanesca ); aubergine eggplant (the usual word in Britain); jarret de boeuf shin of beef; caribou a fortified sweet wine, etc.

  • But the notion of, say, Belgium popping up to enjoin us from criticizing moules frites seems unfair.


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