tournedos
/ˈtʊə(ɹ)nəˌdəʊ/noun
tournedos is spelled T-O-U-R-N-E-D-O-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tournedos means “Filet mignon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tournedos?
| Letters | 9: T-O-U-R-N-E-D-O-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tournedos?
Tournedos appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tournedos?
- /ˈtʊə(ɹ)nəˌdəʊ/
- /ˈtɔː(ɹ)nədəʊ/
Tournedos has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-tournedos.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does tournedos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Filet mignon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tournedos come from?
Borrowed from French tournedos, from tourner (“to turn”) + dos (“back”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).