filet

See also: Filet

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: fĭ'lā, fĭlā', IPA^(key): /ˈfɪleɪ/, /fɪˈleɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪt/, /ˈfɪleɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ, -ɪt

Noun

filet (plural filets)

1. Alternative form of fillet

Verb

filet (third-person singular simple present filets, present participle fileting, simple past and past participle fileted)

1. Alternative form of fillet

Anagrams

• flite

Catalan

Etymology

From fil +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fiˈlɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fiˈlət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈlet]

Noun

filet m (plural filets)

1. diminutive of fil (“thread”)
2. screw thread

   Synonym: rosca

3. filet (strip of meat or fish)
4. (architecture) fillet
5. (typography) line, bar

Derived terms

• filet de faixa
• filetejar
• fileteria
• filetí
• filetó

 

Further reading

• “filet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “filet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “filet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “filet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From French filet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /file/, [fiˈle]

Noun

filet c (singular definite fileten or filet'en, plural indefinite fileter or filet'er)

1. filet, fillet

Inflection

Declension of filet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	filet	fileten filet'en	fileter filet'er	fileterne filet'erne
genitive	filets	filetens filet'ens	fileters filet'ers	fileternes filet'ernes

Derived terms

• fitetere

Further reading

• “filet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French filet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈleː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fi‧let
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

filet m or n (plural filets, diminutive filetje n)

1. filet (of meat)

Derived terms

• kipfilet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.lɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From fil +‎ -et.

Noun

filet m (plural filets)

1. trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
2. fillet, filet (of meat)
3. (anatomy) frenulum, frenum

   Synonym: frein

4. (typography) rule
5. (architecture) fillet, listel

Derived terms

• coup de filet
• faux-filet
• filet à cheveux
• filet à papillons
• filet américain
• filet de pêche
• filet de sécurité
• filet japonais
• filet mignon
• passer entre les mailles du filet
• petit filet
• prendre dans ses filets

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: филе́ (filé)
• → Danish: filet
• → Dutch: filet
• → Finnish: file, filee
• → German: Filet
• → Macedonian: филе́ (filé)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: filet
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: filet
• → Polish: filet
• → Portuguese: filete
• → Russian: филе́ (filé)
• → Spanish: filete
• → Ukrainian: філе́ (filé)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French filé (past participle of filer), with change of suffix.

Noun

filet m (plural filets)

1. (fishing, sports) net
2. (used for carrying groceries) net

Derived terms

• filet à papillons

Descendants

• → Turkish: file

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

filet m (plural filets)

1. (Jersey, fishing) net
2. (Jersey) drop of drink

Synonyms

• (drop of drink): filet, filot, lèrmîn, reinchette, sico

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French filet.

Noun

filet m (definite singular fileten, indefinite plural fileter, definite plural filetene)

1. (meats) a fillet

Derived terms

• filetere

References

• “filet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French filet.

Noun

filet m (definite singular fileten, indefinite plural filetar, definite plural filetane)

1. (meats) a fillet

References

• “filet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French filet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilɛt
• Syllabification: fi‧let

Noun

filet m inan

1. fillet

Declension

Declension of filet

	singular	plural
nominative	filet	filety
genitive	filetu	filetów
dative	filetowi	filetom
accusative	filet	filety
instrumental	filetem	filetami
locative	filecie	filetach
vocative	filecie	filety

Further reading

• filet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• filet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French filet.

Noun

filet n (plural fileturi)

1. screw thread

Declension

Declension of filet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) filet	filetul	(niște) fileturi	fileturile
genitive/dative	(unui) filet	filetului	(unor) fileturi	fileturilor
vocative	filetule		fileturilor