steak Diane

noun

A filet mignon, often cooked at the table in a restaurant, seasoned with garlic and black pepper, fried quickly in butter, and flambéed in brandy.

OriginFrench Diane →
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Meanings

nounsteak Diane (countable and uncountable, plural steaks Diane)

plural steaks Diane

  1. countableuncountableA filet mignon, often cooked at the table in a restaurant, seasoned with garlic and black pepper, fried quickly in butter, and flambéed in brandy.

Origin

  1. FrenchDiane“Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt”
  2. Englishsteak Diane

Borrowed from French Diane (“Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt”).

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APA

steak Diane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steak%20Diane

MLA

“steak Diane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steak%20Diane. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steak Diane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steak%20Diane.

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