filé

Noun

filé (uncountable)

1. A spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the North American sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) and used in Louisiana Creole cooking.

Anagrams

• Life, flie, lief, life

Noun

filé n

1. fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

Etymology

From filer 'to turn into (a) thread(s)', from Latin filare, from filum 'thread'.

Verb

filé m (feminine singular filée, masculine plural filés, feminine plural filées)

1. past participle of filer

Noun

filé m (plural filés)

1. simple or twisted textile thread, as used for needlework
2. fine, equivalent precious metal thread, used in luxury production

   Les filés d'or et d'argent ont maintes applications en orfèvrerie, couture etc.

   God and silver threads have plenty uses in jewelry, fashion etc.

Further reading

• “filé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• fiel

Etymology

From Middle French filet, ultimately from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈlɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

filé m (plural filés)

1. fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

Verb

filé

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of filar.