Dictionary

tenderloin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From tender + loin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
2. (US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.

Forms

Deriveds

tenderloin steak · tendergroin

Hyponyms

filet mignon

Synonyms

eye fillet · striploin · red-light district (neighborhood) · fillet

Translations (25)

my မိုးခိုသား (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · pl polędwica (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · cs svíčková (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · nl haas (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · sv fläskfilé (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · sv oxfilé (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · bg филе (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · de Lende (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · de Mürbebraten (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · sv filé (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · ro mușchi (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · de Filet (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · fr filet (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · hu bélszín (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · tr bonfile (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · sh file (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · gl raxo (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · gl lombo (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · nl haasbiefstuk (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · no indrefilet (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · fi sisäfilee (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · ru вы́резка (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · yi פֿילע (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · hu vesepecsenye (tenderest part of a loin of meat) · es lomo (tenderest part of a loin of meat)