faux-filet

French

Etymology

From faux (“false”) +‎ filet (“fillet”). Replaced the Old French surlonge.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fo.fi.lɛ/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

faux-filet m (plural faux-filets)

sirloin
Synonyms: aloyau, contre-filet, contrefilet

Further reading

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

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