A cikin al'adun noma, ana amfani da filet don nuna nau'in nama maras kyau, yawanci mai kyau, mai girma. Saboda haka a cikin wannan ma'anar, kalmar filet wata kalma ce, ba takamaimai ga kowane irin nama ba.
Duk da haka, ana amfani da kalmar filet a wasu lokuta a matsayin ɗan gajeren lokaci don tsinkayen filet, waxannan ƙananan kwari ne wanda aka yanke daga gaban ƙarshen naman mai naman sa .
Kalmar filet kuma za a iya amfani dashi azaman magana, a cikin abin da ya faru yana nufin aiki na slicing cututtuka mafi girma a cikin kwari maras kyau.
Kalmar "filet" an kira "cika-AY" ko "kudin-LAY". Duk da haka, a wasu ƙasashe, kalmar "cututtukan nama" ba tare da lalata ba ce ta "fillet," tare da biyu Ls, kuma sun furta kamar yadda aka rubuta: "FILL-et."
Wannan zai haifar da rikice rikice wasu lokuta saboda kalmar fillet ana amfani da ita don nuna ƙaddar kifaye marar lahani, ko a matsayin kalma, don komawa zuwa aikin slicing gefen ɓangaren kifi. A Amurka, duk da haka, yana da filet lokacin da yake magana akan nama, da fillet yayin magana akan kifi.
Har ila yau Known As: Filet mignon (fee-LAY min-YONE)
Ƙananan rubutun: Fillet