filet mignon

Unadapted borrowing from French filet (“fillet”) mignon (“tender”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˌfiːleɪ ˈmiːnjɒ̃/, /fɪˈleɪ mɪnˈjɒ̃/, /-ɒn/

filet mignon (countable and uncountable, plural filets mignons or filet mignons)

1. A steak cut of beef taken from the tenderloin, or psoas major, of the steer or heifer.

Literally, “tender fillet”.

• IPA^(key): /fi.lɛ mi.ɲɔ̃/

filet mignon m (plural filets mignons)

1. filet mignon