Net – le filet

(Pronounced fee-lay)

To remember that net is pronounced fee-lay (filet) in French, use the following mnemonic:

I put out a net and some animal feed to lay (filet) a trap.

Filet is masculine, so it's le filet. Imagine the early learner hauling in a trawler net full of fish.

Examples of filet (net) in a sentence

Le pêcheur a réparé le maillage du filet de pêche. 

(The fisherman repaired the mesh of the fishing net.)

J'ai attrapé un aigle dans mes filets. 

(I caught an eagle in my nets.)

Le chalutier est rentré au port avec un filet plein de poissons. 

(The trawler returned to the harbor with a full net of fish.)