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filé

/fɪˈleɪ/

filé 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.

Noun

filé (uncountable)

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

Origin of filé

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

Questions about filé

What does filé mean?
Filé means a spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the North American sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) and used in Louisiana Creole cooking.
What part of speech is filé?
Filé is a noun.
How do you pronounce filé?
Filé is pronounced /fɪˈleɪ/.

Words near filé in the dictionary

  1. filtroporation
  2. filtrum
  3. filum
  4. Filyaw
  5. Filyaws
  6. filé
  7. FIM
  8. fimasartan
  9. Fimber
  10. fimble
  11. fimble-famble

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