tournedos

tour·ne·dos

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [too r-ni-doh, too r-ni-doh; French toor-nuh-doh]
- /ˈtʊər nɪˌdoʊ, ˌtʊər nɪˈdoʊ; French tur nəˈdoʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [too r-ni-doh, too r-ni-doh; French toor-nuh-doh]
- /ˈtʊər nɪˌdoʊ, ˌtʊər nɪˈdoʊ; French tur nəˈdoʊ/

Definitions of tournedos word

noun plural tournedos small slices of fillet of beef, round and thick, served with a variety of sauces and garnished. 1
noun tournedos a thick round steak of beef cut from the fillet or undercut of sirloin 0
noun tournedos a small, round beefsteak cut from the tenderloin, often with a strip of bacon, suet, etc. fastened around it before cooking 0

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Origin of tournedos

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

1920-25; < French, equivalent to tourne(r) to turn + dos (< Latin dorsum back)

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Parts of speech for Tournedos

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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tournedos popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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