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file

See also: File, filé, and fíle

English edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪl

Etymology 1 edit

From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum.

Noun edit

file (plural files)

  1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
  2. A roll or list.
  3. Course of thought; thread of narration.
  4. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
    I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.
  5. (computing) The primary item on the menu bar, containing commands such as open, save, print, etc.
  6. A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
    Many homes now have double-file kitchens.
  7. (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet.
    • 2010, Beth Critchley Charlton, Englaging the DisEngaged‎[2], page 71:
      The Nonfiction Vertical File: […] I spent my university years working in the library at the Maritime School of Social Work. One of my responsibilities was to keep the library's vertical file up to date. The vertical file was a cabinet full of current newspaper and magazine clippings on topics of interest to the students and faculty of the school.
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Hyponyms of file (etymology 1)
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Derived terms of file (etymology 1)
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Descendants
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Verb edit

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
    • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[3]:
      The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
  2. (transitive) To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication.
  3. (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
  4. (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
  6. (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
    She filed for divorce the next day.
    The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.
    They filed for a refund under their warranty.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From French file, from filer (“to spin out, arrange one behind another”), from Latin fīlāre, from filum (“thread”).

Noun edit

file (plural files)

  1. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
    Antonym: rank
    The troops marched in Indian file.
  2. (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
  3. (chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
    Antonym: rank
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Verb edit

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (intransitive) To move in a file.
    The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
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Etymology 3 edit

From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English fēl, fēol (“file”), from earlier fīil, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”).

Noun edit

 
A file (tool).

file (plural files)

  2. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
  3. (slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
terms derived from file (tool) (noun)
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Verb edit

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
    I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
      Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
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Etymology 4 edit

From Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English fȳlan (“to defile, make foul”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to make foul”). More at defile.

Verb edit

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (archaic) To defile.
  2. To corrupt.

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French file (“line, row”), from Late Latin filare, from Latin filum (“thread”). Related to fileren (“to fillet”) and file (“computer file”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fi‧le

Noun edit

file f (plural files, diminutive filetje n)

  1. traffic jam
  2. queue
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From English file (“computer file”), from Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin filum (“thread”). Related to fileren (“to fillet”) and file (“queue, traffic jam”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɑi̯l/, /fɛi̯l/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: file

Noun edit

file m (plural files, diminutive filetje n)

  1. (computing) file (an aggregation of data on a storage device identified by a name)

Anagrams edit

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

fil- + -e

Adverb edit

file

  1. filially (in a filial manner or way)

Finnish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfileˣ/, [ˈfile̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Syllabification(key): fi‧le

Noun edit

file

  1. Alternative form of filee.

Declension edit

Inflection of file (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative file fileet
genitive fileen fileiden
fileitten
partitive filettä fileitä
illative fileeseen fileisiin
fileihin
singular plural
nominative file fileet
accusative nom. file fileet
gen. fileen
genitive fileen fileiden
fileitten
partitive filettä fileitä
inessive fileessä fileissä
elative fileestä fileistä
illative fileeseen fileisiin
fileihin
adessive fileellä fileillä
ablative fileeltä fileiltä
allative fileelle fileille
essive fileenä fileinä
translative fileeksi fileiksi
abessive fileettä fileittä
instructive — filein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of file (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fileeni fileeni
accusative nom. fileeni fileeni
gen. fileeni
genitive fileeni fileideni
fileitteni
partitive filettäni fileitäni
inessive fileessäni fileissäni
elative fileestäni fileistäni
illative fileeseeni fileisiini
fileihini
adessive fileelläni fileilläni
ablative fileeltäni fileiltäni
allative fileelleni fileilleni
essive fileenäni fileinäni
translative fileekseni fileikseni
abessive fileettäni fileittäni
instructive — —
comitative — fileineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fileesi fileesi
accusative nom. fileesi fileesi
gen. fileesi
genitive fileesi fileidesi
fileittesi
partitive filettäsi fileitäsi
inessive fileessäsi fileissäsi
elative fileestäsi fileistäsi
illative fileeseesi fileisiisi
fileihisi
adessive fileelläsi fileilläsi
ablative fileeltäsi fileiltäsi
allative fileellesi fileillesi
essive fileenäsi fileinäsi
translative fileeksesi fileiksesi
abessive fileettäsi fileittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — fileinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fileemme fileemme
accusative nom. fileemme fileemme
gen. fileemme
genitive fileemme fileidemme
fileittemme
partitive filettämme fileitämme
inessive fileessämme fileissämme
elative fileestämme fileistämme
illative fileeseemme fileisiimme
fileihimme
adessive fileellämme fileillämme
ablative fileeltämme fileiltämme
allative fileellemme fileillemme
essive fileenämme fileinämme
translative fileeksemme fileiksemme
abessive fileettämme fileittämme
instructive — —
comitative — fileinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fileenne fileenne
accusative nom. fileenne fileenne
gen. fileenne
genitive fileenne fileidenne
fileittenne
partitive filettänne fileitänne
inessive fileessänne fileissänne
elative fileestänne fileistänne
illative fileeseenne fileisiinne
fileihinne
adessive fileellänne fileillänne
ablative fileeltänne fileiltänne
allative fileellenne fileillenne
essive fileenänne fileinänne
translative fileeksenne fileiksenne
abessive fileettänne fileittänne
instructive — —
comitative — fileinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fileensä fileensä
accusative nom. fileensä fileensä
gen. fileensä
genitive fileensä fileidensä
fileittensä
partitive filettään
filettänsä 		fileitään
fileitänsä
inessive fileessään
fileessänsä 		fileissään
fileissänsä
elative fileestään
fileestänsä 		fileistään
fileistänsä
illative fileeseensä fileisiinsä
fileihinsä
adessive fileellään
fileellänsä 		fileillään
fileillänsä
ablative fileeltään
fileeltänsä 		fileiltään
fileiltänsä
allative fileelleen
fileellensä 		fileilleen
fileillensä
essive fileenään
fileenänsä 		fileinään
fileinänsä
translative fileekseen
fileeksensä 		fileikseen
fileiksensä
abessive fileettään
fileettänsä 		fileittään
fileittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — fileineen
fileinensä

Derived terms edit

compounds

Further reading edit

French edit

Etymology edit

From fil or the verb filer.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

file f (plural files)

  1. a line of objects placed one after the other
  2. (Belgium) traffic jam
    Synonyms: bouchon, embouteillage

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Dutch: file (“queue, traffic jam”)
  • → English: file (“column of people”)
  • → Spanish: fila

Verb edit

file

  1. inflection of filer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fili,[1] from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ (velitas), from Proto-Celtic *welīts.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

file m (genitive singular file, nominative plural filí)

  1. poet

Declension edit

Declension of file

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative file filí
Vocative a fhile a fhilí
Genitive file filí
Dative file filí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an file na filí
Genitive an fhile na bhfilí
Dative leis an bhfile

don fhile

leis na filí

Archaic declension:

Declension of file

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative file fileadha
Vocative a fhile a fhileadha
Genitive fileadh fileadh
Dative filidh fileadha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an file na fileadha
Genitive an fhileadh na bhfileadh
Dative leis an bhfilidh

don fhilidh

leis na fileadha

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
file fhile bhfile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fili”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Unadapted borrowing from English file.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

file m (invariable)

  1. (computing) file

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: fì‧le

Noun edit

file f

  1. plural of fila

References edit

  1. ^ file in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams edit

Northern Kurdish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (pallāḥā).[1] Sedentary Armenians called so after their way of life by nomadic Kurds.[2]

Noun edit

Central Kurdish فەلە (fele)

file m or f

  1. Armenian
  2. Christian
  3. peasant, farmer

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “file”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 195a
  2. ^ Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 354

Further reading edit

  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 294b
  • Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “file”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 263a

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From fil f (“a file”).

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

file (present tense filar/filer, past tense fila/filte, past participle fila/filt, passive infinitive filast, present participle filande, imperative file/fil)

  1. (transitive) To use a file to file.
  2. (transitive) To rub (making a sound).
  3. (transitive, figurative) To polish, refine.

Etymology 2 edit

Probably related to Swedish fil.

Noun edit

file m (definite singular filen, indefinite plural filar, definite plural filane)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References edit

Old Irish edit

Verb edit

file

  1. Alternative form of fil

Picard edit

Etymology edit

From Latin filia.

Noun edit

file f (plural files)

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Related terms edit

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

file

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Slovene edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /filéː/
  • Hyphenation: fi‧lé

Noun edit

filẹ̑ m inan

  1. fillet

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. filé
gen. sing. filêja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		filé filêja filêji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		filêja filêjev filêjev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		filêju filêjema filêjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		filé filêja filêje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		filêju filêjih filêjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		filêjem filêjema filêji

Spanish edit

Verb edit

file

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili edit

Verb edit

-file (infinitive kufile)

  1. (Sheng) to file (to make a formal request)

Turkish edit

 
A shopping file. (2)

Etymology edit

From French filée.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.le/, /fiˈle/
  • Hyphenation: fi‧le

Noun edit

file (definite accusative fileyi, plural fileler)

  1. A net made of wool, cotton etc.; mesh.
  2. A meshwork bag used for shopping.
  3. A hairnet.
  4. (sports) A net inside the goal in games like association football, handball etc.
  5. (sports) A net that divides the court in games like tennis, volleyball, badminton etc.

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative file
Definite accusative fileyi
Singular Plural
Nominative file fileler
Definite accusative fileyi fileleri
Dative fileye filelere
Locative filede filelerde
Ablative fileden filelerden
Genitive filenin filelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular filem filelerim
2nd singular filen filelerin
3rd singular filesi fileleri
1st plural filemiz filelerimiz
2nd plural fileniz fileleriniz
3rd plural fileleri fileleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular filemi filelerimi
2nd singular fileni filelerini
3rd singular filesini filelerini
1st plural filemizi filelerimizi
2nd plural filenizi filelerinizi
3rd plural filelerini filelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular fileme filelerime
2nd singular filene filelerine
3rd singular filesine filelerine
1st plural filemize filelerimize
2nd plural filenize filelerinize
3rd plural filelerine filelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular filemde filelerimde
2nd singular filende filelerinde
3rd singular filesinde filelerinde
1st plural filemizde filelerimizde
2nd plural filenizde filelerinizde
3rd plural filelerinde filelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular filemden filelerimden
2nd singular filenden filelerinden
3rd singular filesinden filelerinden
1st plural filemizden filelerimizden
2nd plural filenizden filelerinizden
3rd plural filelerinden filelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular filemin filelerimin
2nd singular filenin filelerinin
3rd singular filesinin filelerinin
1st plural filemizin filelerimizin
2nd plural filenizin filelerinizin
3rd plural filelerinin filelerinin

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “file”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

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