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sir⋅loin
[sur-loin] 
lɔɪn
–noun
| the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump. |
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| sir·loin (sûr'loin') n. A cut of meat, especially of beef, from the upper part of the loin just in front of the round. [Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, *surloigne : sur, above (from Latin super; see uper in Indo-European roots) + longe, loigne, loin; see loin.] |
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Sirloin
Sir"loin`\, n. [A corruption of surloin. Not so called because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular story.] A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin.]
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Language Translation for : Sirloin
Spanish:
solomillo,
German:
das Lendenstück,
Japanese:
サーロイン
sirloin
1525, serlyn, from M.Fr. surlonge, lit. "upper part of the loin," from sur "over, above" + longe "loin," from O.Fr. loigne (see loin). Eng. spelling with sir- dates from 17c., supposedly because the cut of beef was "knighted" by an English king for its superiority, a tale variously told of Henry VIII, James I, and Charles II, though only the first is chronologically possible.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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