tenderloin

See also: Tenderloin

English

Etymology

tender +‎ loin

Noun

tenderloin (countable and uncountable, plural tenderloins)

The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
(dated, US slang) A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.

Synonyms

(meat): striploin, eye fillet (beef)
(neighborhood): red-light district

Hyponyms

filet mignon (beef)

Translations

tenderest part of a loin of meat

Burmese: မိုးခိုသား (my) (mui:hkuisa:)
Dutch: haas (nl), haasbiefstuk
Finnish: sisäfilee
French: filet (fr) m
Galician: raxo (gl) m, lombo (gl) m

German: Filet (de) n, Lende (de) f
Hungarian: bélszín (hu)
Norwegian: indrefilet (no) m
Spanish: lomo (es) m
Swedish: filé (sv) c

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