French fries (American English, sometimes capitalized), fries, or French-fried potatoes are thin strips of deep-fried potato. Americans often refer to any elongated pieces of fried potatoes as fries, while in other parts of the world, most notably the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of fried potatoes are called fries to distinguish them from the thickly cut strips called chips. French fries are known as frites or pommes frites in French, a name which is also used in many non-French-speaking areas, and have names that mean "fried potatoes" or "French potatoes" in others.

A dish of French fries
Origin
Alternative name(s)	Freedom fries, Belgian fries, chips, fries, French-fried potatoes, steak fries, wedges, potato wedges
Place of origin	Belgium
Dish details
Course served	Side dish or, rarely, as a main dish
Serving temperature	Hot, generally salted, with or without a side of ketchup or other dips, like vinegar or barbecue sauce. In Belgium, amongst other countries, mayonnaise is the most popular dip.
Main ingredient(s)	Potatoes and oil

Oven baked fries

Fish and chips.

Chili cheese fries

Sweet potato fries served in a restaurant in Harvard Square.

Curly fries

Fries cooking in oil.