frire

Senses

1. 1.

   to fry

   to cook in hot oil or fat

2. 2.

   to sizzle; to parch

   to make or undergo a sizzling sound or heat effect

Examples

• "Elle fait frire les œufs dans du beurre."

  She fries the eggs in butter.

• "Les pommes de terre frient dans l'huile chaude."

  The potatoes are frying in hot oil.

• "Le soleil me fait frire la peau."

  The sun is frying my skin.

Usage

Common cooking verb; formal or literary use of "frire" alone is less frequent than faire frire (to have something fried). The verb conjugates irregularly in some tenses (je fris, but no simple past form is standard).