fillet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪl.ɪt/
- fĭl'ĭt
- /fɪˈleɪ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English filet, vylette, felet, filette, flette, from Old French filet, diminutive of fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Meanings
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(archaic) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
She was talking of Raymond Duncan, a walking absurdity who dressed in an ancient handwoven Greek costume and wore his hair in long braids reaching to his waist, adding, on ceremonial occasions, a fillet of bay-leaves.
1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, Mew York, published 2007, page 42:In secret shadow, farre from all mens sight: From her faire head her fillet she undight, And laid her stole aside.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:"Know thy own worth, and reverence the lyre," is a line that should be as a fillet bound round the brow—a philactory embroidered on the garments of every son and daughter of Adam distinguished by the possession of that sacred gift, which, whether used or abused, applauded in itself or derided in its possessor, is the highest and the most inalienable distinction humanity ever has or ever can be gifted with, whether bestowed on the highest or the humblest being, in the great mass to which we all belong.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 252:A fillet binds her hair.
1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
- A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
- A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
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A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
Fillet of a Fenny Snake, / In the Cauldron boyle and bake:
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 143, column 2:
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(UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
fillet steak
- A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
- The space between two flutings in a shaft.
- An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
- The thread of a screw.
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A colored or gilded border.
Fairer than gods and naked as the moon, The foamy fillets at their ankles strewn Less marble-white than they
1911, George Sterling, The Swimmers:
- The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
- Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
- The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fillets | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| filet | US, alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
round (antonym(s) of “rounded outside edge”)
Deriveds
fillet knife · Scotch fillet · filletlike · green fillet · chicken fillet · rolled fillet · fillet weld · eye fillet
Synonyms
filet (a boneless cut of meat)
Translations (91)
mi hōripi (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fi satula (loins of a horse) · cs filé (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Filet (strip of deboned meat or fish) · es filete (strip of deboned meat or fish) · ro ghivent (thread of a screw) · de Lendenstück (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fi leike (strip of deboned meat or fish) · it filetto (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Dichtband (construction: heavy bead of waterproofing) · de Leiste (scantling) · de Umrandung (colored border) · fi pyöristys (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · ru филе́й (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fi ruuvikierre (thread of a screw) · de Leiste (thin strip of any material) · ro filet (thread of a screw) · de Gewinde (thread of a screw) · de Randstreifen (colored border) · ru филе́ (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Dichtleiste (construction: heavy bead of waterproofing) · fa فیله (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Abdichtband (construction: heavy bead of waterproofing) · ga fleasc (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · la vitta (headband, ribbon) · ang þwæle (headband, ribbon) · de Schraubgewinde (thread of a screw) · fi kierre (thread of a screw) · cs řízek (strip of deboned meat or fish) · nn filet (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fr filet (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Kannelüre (architecture: space between two flutings) · fi rima (scantling) · de Kannelüre (architecture: thin flat molding) · tr fileto (strip of deboned meat or fish) · bg лента (thin strip of any material) · ar شَبَكَة (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fr congé (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · cs plátek (thin strip of any material) · cs plátek (strip of deboned meat or fish) · sv filé (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fi filee (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fi kalvo (anatomy: fascia) · ro file (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Streifen (thin strip of any material) · fi reunaviiva (colored border) · nb filet (strip of deboned meat or fish) · hu filé (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Umrahmung (colored border) · de Kehle (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · el φιλέτο (strip of deboned meat or fish) · my ပိုကျကှနျကို (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Stirnband (headband, ribbon) · yi פֿילע (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Auskehlung (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · is lundir (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Rand (colored border) · de Innenkehle (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · de Rundung (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · fi tukkanauha (headband, ribbon) · eo fileo (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Rahmen (colored border) · ko 필레 (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Schraubengewinde (thread of a screw) · de Latte (scantling) · de Hohlkehle (engineering: rounded relief or cut) · de Leiste (architecture: thin flat molding) · uk філе́ (strip of deboned meat or fish) · pt filé (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Goldrand (colored border) · de Haarband (headband, ribbon) · ga fleasc (architecture: thin flat molding) · nl filet (strip of deboned meat or fish) · fi saumaus (construction: heavy bead of waterproofing) · bg филе́ (strip of deboned meat or fish) · ga líosta (architecture: thin flat molding) · bg панделка (headband, ribbon) · de Stab (thin strip of any material) · mi tauri (headband, ribbon) · fi nauha (thin strip of any material) · lv filejs (strip of deboned meat or fish) · ota صاچ باغی (headband, ribbon) · de Abdichtung (construction: heavy bead of waterproofing) · de Platte (architecture: thin flat molding) · fi harjanne (architecture: space between two flutings) · is flak (strip of deboned meat or fish) · mn цэвэр (strip of deboned meat or fish) · de Haargummi (headband, ribbon) · grc ταινία (headband, ribbon) · de Band (thin strip of any material) · de Dichtfuge (construction: heavy bead of waterproofing)