sirloin

English

Etymology

From Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, from sur la longe (literally “above the loin”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝlɔɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Noun

sirloin (countable and uncountable, plural sirloins)

(US) A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
(UK) A cut of beef from the middle of the back (corresponding to short loin and partly rib in US English).

Derived terms

sirloin cap

Translations

cut of beef

Bulgarian: говеждо филе n (goveždo file)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: lendestuk n, lendenstuk (nl) n
Finnish: paahtopaisti (fi) (US sirloin), ulkofilee (fi) (UK sirloin)
French: aloyau (fr), faux-filet (fr), contrefilet (fr) m, contre-filet (fr) m, surlonge (fr)
Galician: croca (gl) f
German: (UK) Roastbeef (de) n, (US) Rumpsteak (de) n
Indonesian: has luar
Italian: lombata f
Japanese: ロース肉 (rōsu-niku), サーロイン (sāroin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ytrefilet (no) m
Polish: polędwica (pl) f
Portuguese: picanha (pt) f
Russian: филе́й (ru) f (filéj)
Spanish: solomillo (es), palomilla (es)
Swedish: ryggbiff c
Tagalog: solomilyo
Turkish: kontrfile (tr)

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סִינְטָה (sínta) ^{(please verify)} בְּשַׂר עָצֶה (basár 'atsé) , ^{(please verify)} וֶרֶד (véred), ^{(please verify)} בָּשָׂר וָרֹד (basár varód), ^{(please verify)} עֲנִיבָה ('anivá)

References

^ “sirloin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

[1] “sirloin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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