filet

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

/ fɪˈleɪ, ˈfɪl eɪ; French fiˈlɛ /

noun, plural fi·lets [fi-leyz, fil-az; French fee-le] /fɪˈleɪz, ˈfɪl æz; French fiˈlɛ/, verb (used with object)

fillet(defs 1, 10).

Nearby words

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Examples from the Web for filet

After all, if the insurer is paying all your grocery claims, why not load up on filet mignon instead of ground turkey?
Health and Human Services Secretary Doesn't Understand What Insurance Is|Megan McArdle|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A day long (or multiday) sous vide cook can turn cheap cuts of meat as tender and tasty as filet.
A Declaration of Financial Independence|Megan McArdle|February 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Carefully place the egg yolk into the pocket that has been created in the filet and seal with a wooden skewer.
Fresh Picks|Markus Glocker|July 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Filet Mignon and Shrimp Fondue by Lou Seibert Pappas This is a classic Christmas Eve dinner fondue.
The Perfect Fondue|Cookstr.com|March 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Skip the sirloin or prime rib; instead, order the filet and a baked potato with sour cream and chives.
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|December 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
No cover for one, nor filet, nor vin ordinaire, nor waiter had appeared.
The Underdog|F. Hopkinson Smith
Straight through the lacy mesh of the filet to the heart interest!
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
Every night the chain of each couple is passed round another great chain which is called the filet de ramas.
The Village Rector|Honore de Balzac
Stew the beef as before, and proceed as for Filet de buf la Beyrout (No. 419).
The Gastronomic Regenerator:|Alexis Soyer
"Admirable advice," said Guloseton, toying with a filet mignon de poulet.
Pelham, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for filet

filet

/ (ˈfɪlɪt, ˈfɪleɪ, French filɛ) /

noun

a variant spelling of fillet (def. 1), fillet (def. 2), fillet (def. 3)

Word Origin for filet

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

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Word Origin and History for filet

filet

1841 in cookery, reborrowing from French of the same word that had been taken 14c. and anglicized as fillet (q.v.). Filet mignon is attested as a French word in English from 1815.

The 'Chateaubriand,' the 'entrecôte,' and the 'filet mignon' (of mutton), with other forms, are all due to the more enlarged sympathies of the French butcher for what is perfect. We must entirely change the mode of cutting up the carcase before we can arrive at the same perfection in form of meat purchasable, and as that is hopeless, so is it useless to insist further on the subject on behalf of the public. ["The Kitchen and the Cellar," "Quarterly Review," April 1877]