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.

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