filé

See also: file and fíle

English

Etymology

From French filé (“threaded”), after the way sassafras is processed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈleɪ/, /fiːˈleɪ/
• Homophone: filet

Noun

filé (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Life, flie, lief, life

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Czech

Noun

filé n

1. fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

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French

Etymology

From filer (“to turn into (a) thread(s)”), from Latin fīlāre, from fīlum (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.le/

Participle

filé (feminine 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.

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

Related terms

• fil m
• filament m
• filet m
• filement m
• filerie
• fileter (verb)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fiel

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French filer (“to get away”).

Verb

filé

1. to get away

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

filé m (plural filés)

1. (Brazil) fillet (strip of deboned meat or fish)

   Synonym: (Portugal) filete

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Spanish

Verb

filé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of filar