filet

[ fi-ley, fil-ey; French fee-le ]

noun

, plural fi·lets [fi-, leyz, fil, -az, fee-, le],

1. fillet ( defs 1, 10 ).

filet

/ ˈfɪlɪt; ˈfɪleɪ; filɛ /

noun

1. See fillet
   a variant spelling of fillet fillet fillet

Word History and Origins

Origin of filet¹

C20: from French: net, from Old Provençal filat , from fil thread, from Latin fīlum

Example Sentences

In all of them you can have filet mignon or lobster, among a wide variety of choices.

From Washington Blade

Thousands of untraceable frozen filets were trucked off to restaurants and seafood markets.

From Freakonomics

Line the center of a 12-inch-square piece of foil with lemon rings and add a salmon filet on top of the lemons.

From Outside Online

Wrap the foil around the filet into a packet and cook on the edge of the fire until the fish easily flakes apart with a fork.

From Outside Online

The filet lives up to at least part of the hype — this thing is pleasantly flaky.

From Washington Post

But the fast food chain quickly nixed the idea as the Filet-o-Fish gained popularity.

From The Daily Beast

After all, if the insurer is paying all your grocery claims, why not load up on filet mignon instead of ground turkey?

From The Daily Beast

The horse filet “tournedos style” wrapped in pork fat seemed more appealing, but maybe just a bit too much for lunch.

From The Daily Beast

A day long (or multiday) sous vide cook can turn cheap cuts of meat as tender and tasty as filet.

From The Daily Beast

Carefully place the egg yolk into the pocket that has been created in the filet and seal with a wooden skewer.

From The Daily Beast

At the age of five, the child may be given breast of roast fowl, and occasionally veal cutlet or filet of beef.

From Project Gutenberg

Champagne is not the wine to serve with game; that belongs to the filet.

From Project Gutenberg

Remove the papers, add butter, salt, pepper and plenty of lemon juice—say the juice of two lemons for a whole filet.

From Project Gutenberg

Stew the beef as before, and proceed as for Filet de buf la Beyrout (No. 419).

From Project Gutenberg

Could you tap a bottle of Chablis, with a few dozen oysters, and a filet saute with mushrooms to follow it?

From Project Gutenberg