faux-filet

French

Etymology

From faux (“false”) +‎ filet (“fillet”). Replaced the Old French surlonge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.fi.lɛ/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

faux-filet m (plural faux-filets)

1. sirloin

   Synonyms: aloyau, contre-filet, contrefilet

Further reading

• “faux-filet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.