פֿילע

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from French filet, possibly via Russian филе́ (filé) or Ukrainian філе́ (filé). Note the retention of the masculine gender compared with German Filet n or the Russian/Ukrainian cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɫɛ/

Noun

פֿילע • (file) m, plural פֿילעען (fileen)

1. (cooking) fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)
2. tenderloin

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “פֿילע”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press