faux-filet

French

Etymology

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)

1. sirloin

Synonyms

• aloyau
• contre-filet
• contrefilet

Further reading

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