potato chip

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

potato chip (plural potato chips)

1. (UK, Ireland) One of a batch of pieces of potato cut into elongated cubes and fried; a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than American french fries.
2. (Canada, US, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand) A potato crisp, a thin slice of potato that has been fried.
   • 2007 December 8, “目線 [Glare]”, in デスノート [Death Note], spoken by Light Yagami (Brad Swaile), Ocean Productions, via Adult Swim:

     I'll take a potato chip, and eat it!

Synonyms

• Saratoga chip

Derived terms

• potato chip of the sea

Related terms

• fish and chips
• French fries
• fries

Translations

a piece of potato similar to a french fry, a British potato chip

• Cherokee: ᏄᎾ ᏗᏍᏔᎦᏔᏅ (nuna distagatanv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薯條／薯条 (zh) (shǔtiáo), 馬鈴薯片／马铃薯片 (zh) (mǎlíngshǔpiàn), 洋山芋片 (yángshānyùpiàn), 土豆片 (zh) (tǔdòupiàn), 洋芋片 (zh) (yángyùpiàn) (Taiwan)

• Finnish: ranskalainen (fi), ranskalainen peruna, ranskanperuna
• French: chips (fr) f, croustille (fr) f (Canada, Louisiana, Missouri, New England)
• Greek: τηγανητή πατάτα f (tiganití patáta)
• Korean: 포테이토칩 (poteitochip), 감자칩 (gamjachip)
• Macedonian: пржени компири m pl (prženi kompiri)
• Russian: хрустя́щий карто́фель m (xrustjáščij kartófelʹ)
• S'gaw Karen: အၣ်လူဆဲးသိ (ʼà loo hseḧ thoh)
• Swedish: pommes frites (sv) c
• Welsh: sglodyn (cy) m

potato crisp — see potato crisp