filé

English

Etymology

From French filé (“threaded”), after the way sassafras is processed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈleɪ/, /fiːˈleɪ/
• Homophone: filet

Noun

filé (uncountable)

1. A spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the North American sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) and used in Louisiana Creole cooking.

Anagrams

• Life, flie, lief, life

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

filé n (indeclinable)

1. fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

Further reading

• filé in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• filé in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• filé in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology

From filer (“to turn into (a) thread(s)”), from Latin fīlāre, from fīlum (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.le/

Participle

filé (feminine filée, masculine plural filés, feminine plural filées)

1. past participle of filer

Noun

filé m (plural filés)

1. simple or twisted textile thread, as used for needlework
2. fine, equivalent precious metal thread, used in luxury production

   Les filés d’or et d’argent ont maintes applications en orfèvrerie, couture etc.

   Gold and silver threads have plenty uses in jewelry, fashion etc.

3. (Louisiana) dried and ground sassafras leaves used to spice and thicken gumbo

Related terms

• fil m
• filament m
• filet m
• filement m
• filerie
• fileter (verb)

Further reading

• “filé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• fiel

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French filer (“to get away”).

Verb

filé

1. to get away

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French filet, ultimately from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filete.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: fi‧lé

Noun

filé m (plural filés)

1. (Brazil) fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

   Synonym: (Portugal) filete

References

Spanish

Verb

filé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of filar

Swedish

Noun

filé c

1. a fillet (boneless strip or compact piece of meat or fish), tenderloin (when of beef or pork)

Declension

Derived terms

• fiskfilé (“fish fillet”)
• fläskfilé (“pork tenderloin, pork fillet”)
• kycklingfilé (“chicken fillet”)
• makrillfilé (“mackerel fillet”)
• oxfilé (“beef tenderloin, fillet of beef”)
• torskfilé (“cod fillet”)

References

• filé in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• filé in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• filé in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)