tournedos means filet mignon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 96 out of 100.
tournedos is pronounced /ˈtʊə(ɹ)nəˌdəʊ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from French tournedos, from tourner (“to turn”) + dos (“back”).
noun
- Filet mignon.“‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut.[…]’”