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filé

/fɪˈleɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
file
IPA
/fɪˈleɪ/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Homonyms

filet

Rhymes With

i'll nevile

Questions

How do you pronounce filé?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɪˈleɪ/.
What does filé mean?
A spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the North American sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) and used in Louisiana Creole cooking.
Where does filé come from?
It is traced to French.

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