fryture
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ffrutour, fretoure, fritour, fritture, fritur, frutour, frutoure, frutur, fruture, frytour
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Late Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fryen. Forms with /u/ in the first syllable are influenced by fruyt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /friˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /fruˈtiu̯r(ə)/
- (reduced) IPA(key): /ˈfritur(ə)/, /ˈfrutur(ə)/
Noun
fryture (plural frytures)
- (chiefly Late Middle English) fritter (deep fried batter dish)
Descendants
- English: fritter (dialectal flitter)
References
- “fritūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.