tournedos

[toor-ni-doh, toor-ni-doh, toor-nuh-doh]

noun

plural

tournedos 

1. small slices of fillet of beef, round and thick, served with a variety of sauces and garnished.

tournedos

/ ˈtʊənəˌdəʊ /

noun

1. a thick round steak of beef cut from the fillet or undercut of sirloin

Word History and Origins

Origin of tournedos¹

1920–25; < French, equivalent to tourne ( r ) to turn + dos (< Latin dorsum back)

Word History and Origins

Origin of tournedos¹

from French, from tourner to _turn + dos back