filer

See also: Filer

English

Etymology

file +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪlɚ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

filer (plural filers)

1. Agent noun of file; one who files something.
2. (computing) A software program for managing files.
   • 1983 February 28, InfoWorld, volume 5, number 9, page 28:

     The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.

Derived terms

• e-filer

Related terms

• rank-and-filer

References

• OED2

Anagrams

• Friel, flier, lifer, rifle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin filāre, from Latin fīlum. Compare Occitan filar (Gascon Occitan hilar) and Catalan filar, Italian filare, Portuguese fiar, Spanish hilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.le/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

filer

1. (transitive) to spin (a web)
2. (transitive) to thread through (a crowd)
3. (intransitive) to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
4. (intransitive, informal) to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through

   Synonyms: se tailler, se barrer, se casser

5. (transitive, informal) to pass, to hand, to give

   Synonyms: passer, donner

   Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s’il-te-plaît ?

   Can you gimme the salt, please?

6. (nautical, transitive) to ease a line
7. (transitive) (police) to tail, track
   • 1920, Maurice Leblanc, Les Dents du tigre‎^{fr.Wikisource}:

     - Il a averti le préfet ? - Parbleu, et le préfet a donné l’ordre aux camarades de vous filer.

     - He warned the Prefect? - Hell, the Prefect ordered his lads to shadow you.

8. (transitive, Louisiana) to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder

Conjugation

Conjugation of filer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	filer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	filant /fi.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		filé /fi.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	file /fil/	files /fil/	file /fil/	filons /fi.lɔ̃/	filez /fi.le/	filent /fil/
	imperfect	filais /fi.lɛ/	filais /fi.lɛ/	filait /fi.lɛ/	filions /fi.ljɔ̃/	filiez /fi.lje/	filaient /fi.lɛ/
	past historic2	filai /fi.le/	filas /fi.la/	fila /fi.la/	filâmes /fi.lam/	filâtes /fi.lat/	filèrent /fi.lɛʁ/
	future	filerai /fil.ʁe/	fileras /fil.ʁa/	filera /fil.ʁa/	filerons /fil.ʁɔ̃/	filerez /fil.ʁe/	fileront /fil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	filerais /fil.ʁɛ/	filerais /fil.ʁɛ/	filerait /fil.ʁɛ/	filerions /fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	fileriez /fi.lə.ʁje/	fileraient /fil.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	file /fil/	files /fil/	file /fil/	filions /fi.ljɔ̃/	filiez /fi.lje/	filent /fil/
	imperfect2	filasse /fi.las/	filasses /fi.las/	filât /fi.la/	filassions /fi.la.sjɔ̃/	filassiez /fi.la.sje/	filassent /fi.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	file /fil/	—	filons /fi.lɔ̃/	filez /fi.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• filer à l’anglaise
• filer du mauvais coton
• filer entre les doigts
• filer par le bout
• filer un mauvais coton
• métaphore filée

 

Further reading

• “filer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rifle, riflé

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian fillér.

Noun

filer m (plural fileri)

1. fillér

Declension

Declension of filer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) filer	filerul	(niște) fileri	filerii
genitive/dative	(unui) filer	filerului	(unor) fileri	filerilor
vocative	filerule		filerilor

Swedish

Noun

filer

1. indefinite plural of fil