filet

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

noun

plural

filets 

1. fillet.

filet

/ ˈfɪlɪt, filɛ, ˈfɪleɪ /

noun

1. 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

On Sundays, depending on what I had for lunch, we will do either burger night or grass-fed filet mignon night.

From Los Angeles Times

“Being in New York, staying in a fancy hotel called the Drake that was quite posh with filet steak for fifty bucks felt like the high life,” Townshend says.

From Los Angeles Times

But the company has been very slow to bring the filets to market.

From Salon

Instead of filet mignon, he’s serving hanger steaks.

From Los Angeles Times

So I will go out, pick up both papers and, as we say in this family, filet them, meaning I pick the sections I like first.

From Los Angeles Times