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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

filé

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fiˈlɛ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fillet/ˈfɪl.ɪt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O filé de frango está grelhando."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A boneless piece or slice of meat or fish.

    "She prepared a delicate salmon fillet with lemon and herbs."
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove the bones from a fish or piece of meat in order to prepare a fillet.

    "The chef expertly filleted the fresh catch of the day."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'filet', a diminutive of 'fil' meaning thread, tracing back to the Latin 'filum'. Originally referring to a headband or ribbon, the meaning evolved via culinary usage in Middle English to describe a strip of meat or fish resembling a band or ribbon.

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