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'''French fried potatoes''', commonly known as '''French fries''' or '''fries''' (North America) or just ''' chipsFries''' ([[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]) are pieces of [[potato]] that have been cut into batons and [[deep frying|deep fried]].

Where 'chips' is the common term, 'French fries' usually refers to the thin variant (U.S. 'shoe string potatoes'). In North America 'chips' usually means [[potato chips]] (called 'crisps' in the UK), which are deep-fried thin ''slices'' of potato. In [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[South Africa]] and some areas of the United Kingdom, 'chips' can mean either potato chips, or French fried potatoes which are also called 'hot chips' or (in South Africa) 'slap chips' (IPA [slup];'' 'slup' ''is [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] for 'soft').