filet

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

filet (plural filets)

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of fillet.

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

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of fillet.

• flite

From fil +‎ -et.

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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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

• “filet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “filet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “filet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “filet”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From French filet.

• IPA^(key): /file/, [fiˈle]

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

1. filet, fillet

• fitetere

• “filet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French filet.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈleː/

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• Hyphenation: fi‧let
• Rhymes: -eː

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

1. filet (compact piece of meat or fish)

• IPA^(key): /fi.lɛ/

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From fil +‎ -et.

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

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

filet m (plural filets)

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

• filet à papillons

• → Turkish: file

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

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

filet m (plural filets)

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

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

From French filet.

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

1. (meats) a fillet

• filetere

• “filet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French filet.

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

1. (meats) a fillet

• “filet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French filet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ilɛt
• Syllabification: fi‧let

filet m inan

1. fillet

• “filet”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “filet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French filet.

filet n (plural fileturi)

1. screw thread