# filet
## English
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

filet (plural filets)
* Alternative form of fillet

### Verb

filet (third-person singular simple present filets, present participle fileting, simple past and past participle fileted)
* Alternative form of fillet

### Anagrams

* flite

## Catalan
### Etymology

From fil +‎ -et.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fiˈlɛt]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fiˈlət]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fiˈlet]

### Noun

filet m (plural filets)
* diminutive of fil (“thread”)
* screw thread
    Synonym: rosca
* filet (strip of meat or fish)
* (architecture) fillet
* (typography) line, bar

#### Derived terms

* filet de faixa
* filetejar
* fileteria
* filetí
* filetó

### Further reading

* “filet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “filet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “filet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “filet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

From French filet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /file/, [fiˈle]

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* fitetere

### Further reading

* “filet” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French filet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈleː/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fi‧let
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

filet m or n (plural filets, diminutive filetje n)
* filet (of meat)

#### Derived terms

* kipfilet

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From fil +‎ -et.

#### Noun

filet m (plural filets)
* trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
* fillet, filet (of meat)
* (anatomy) frenulum, frenum
    Synonym: frein
* (typography) rule
* (architecture) fillet, listel

##### Derived terms

* coup de filet
* faux-filet
* filet à cheveux
* filet à papillons
* filet américain
* filet de pêche
* filet de sécurité
* filet japonais
* filet mignon
* passer entre les mailles du filet
* petit filet
* prendre dans ses filets

##### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: филе́ (filé)
* → Danish: filet
* → Dutch: filet
* → Finnish: file, filee
* → German: Filet
* → Macedonian: филе́ (filé)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: filet
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: filet
* → Polish: filet
* → Portuguese: filete
* → Russian: филе́ (filé)
* → Spanish: filete
* → Ukrainian: філе́ (filé)
|→ Persian: فیله

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

filet m (plural filets)
* (fishing, sports) net
* (used for carrying groceries) net

##### Derived terms

* filet à papillons

##### Descendants

* → Turkish: file

### Further reading

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

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Noun

filet m (plural filets)
* (Jersey, fishing) net
* (Jersey) drop of drink

#### Synonyms

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French filet.

### Noun

filet m (definite singular fileten, indefinite plural fileter, definite plural filetene)
* (meats) a fillet

#### Derived terms

* filetere

### References

* “filet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French filet.

### Noun

filet m (definite singular fileten, indefinite plural filetar, definite plural filetane)
* (meats) a fillet

### References

* “filet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French filet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfi.lɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ilɛt
* Syllabification: fi‧let

### Noun

filet m inan
* fillet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* filet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* filet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French filet.

### Noun

filet n (plural fileturi)
* screw thread