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English
Pronunciation
Noun
filet (plural filets )
Alternative form of fillet .
Verb
filet (third-person singular simple present filets , present participle fileting , simple past and past participle fileted )
Alternative form of fillet .
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From fil + -et .
Pronunciation
Noun
filet m (plural filets )
diminutive of fil ( “ thread ” )
screw thread
Synonym: rosca
filet ( strip of meat or fish )
( architecture ) fillet
( typography ) line , bar
Derived terms
Further reading
“filet ”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
“filet ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana , Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana , 2025.
“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
Noun
filet c (singular definite fileten or filet'en , plural indefinite fileter or filet'er )
filet , fillet
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French filet .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /fiˈleː/
Hyphenation: fi‧let
Rhymes: -eː
Noun
filet m or n (plural filets , diminutive filetje n )
filet ( compact piece of meat or fish )
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From fil + -et .
Noun
filet m (plural filets )
trickle , drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
fillet , filet (of meat )
( anatomy ) frenulum , frenum
Synonym: frein
( typography ) rule
( architecture ) fillet , listel
Derived terms
Descendants
|→ Persian: فیله
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French filé (past participle of filer ), with change of suffix.
Noun
filet m (plural filets )
( fishing , sports ) net
(used for carrying groceries) net
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
filet m (plural filets )
( Jersey , fishing ) net
( Jersey ) drop of drink
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French filet .
Noun
filet m (definite singular fileten , indefinite plural fileter , definite plural filetene )
( meats ) a fillet
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French filet .
Noun
filet m (definite singular fileten , indefinite plural filetar , definite plural filetane )
( meats ) a fillet
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French filet .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfi.lɛt/
Rhymes: -ilɛt
Syllabification: fi‧let
Noun
filet m inan
fillet
Declension
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 )
screw thread
Declension