філе

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French filet. Compare Russian филе́ (filé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʲiˈɫɛ]

Noun

філе́ • (filé) n inan (indeclinable)

1. fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

   ку́ряче філе́ ― kúrjače filé ― chicken fillet

   ри́бне філе́ ― rýbne filé ― fish fillet

2. fillet (premium cut of meat taken from below the lower back of the animal)
3. (handicraft) filet lace, filet-work

   Hypernym: мере́живо n (meréžyvo)

See also

• поля́двиця f (poljádvycja)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “філе”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “філе”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “філе”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)