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filé

See also: file and fíle

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.

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Noun

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filé n (indeclinable)

  1. fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

Further reading

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  • “filé”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “filé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “filé”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

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Etymology

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

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Participle

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

  1. past participle of filer

Noun

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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
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Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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From French filer (“to get away”).

Verb

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filé

  1. to get away

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  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French filet,[1][2] ultimately from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filete.

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: fi‧lé

Noun

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filé m (plural filés)

  1. (Brazil) fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)
    Synonym: (Portugal) filete

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  1. ^ “filé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “filé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

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Verb

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filé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of filar

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French filet.

Noun

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filé c

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

Declension

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Declension of filé
nominative genitive
singular indefinite filé filés
definite filén filéns
plural indefinite filéer filéers
definite filéerna filéernas

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