🇫🇷 French

filets

masculine

les filets

nets

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filets
/le filɛ/
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How do you say filets in French?

IPA
/le filɛ/

How do you pronounce filets in French?

filets is pronounced /le filɛ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le filet blanc que j'ai acheté au marché est très fin et délicat.

The white net that I bought at the market is very fine and delicate.

Le filet de poisson frais que le cuisinier a préparé était excellent.

The fresh fish fillet that the chef prepared was excellent.

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Why is it masculine?

Filets is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "filum" (thread), which was a masculine noun, and French retained the masculine gender through its normal phonetic evolution from Latin to Old French. The word originally referred to a thin string or thread before being applied to the thin strips of meat or fish we know today.

What is the French word for nets?

The French word for nets is les filets — masculine.

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