Wiktionary

file

See also: File, filé, and fíle

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

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[1], 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.
SynonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
Hyponyms of file (etymology 1)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms of file (etymology 1)
DescendantsEdit
Descendants
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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[2]:
      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.
  5. (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.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

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
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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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TranslationsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

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”).

NounEdit

 
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.
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from file (tool) (noun)
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

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.

VerbEdit

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

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

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fi‧le

NounEdit

file f (plural files, diminutive filetje n)

  1. traffic jam
  2. queue
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: file

NounEdit

file m (plural files, diminutive filetje n)

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

AnagramsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

fil- + -e

AdverbEdit

file

  1. filially (in a filial manner or way)

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

file

  1. Alternative form of filee.

DeclensionEdit

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
instructive — filein
abessive fileettä fileittä
comitative — fileineen
Possessive forms of file (type hame)
possessor singular plural
1st person fileeni fileemme
2nd person fileesi fileenne
3rd person fileensä

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From fil or the verb filer.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

file f (plural files)

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

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

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

VerbEdit

file

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

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

file m (genitive singular file, nominative plural filí)

  1. poet

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

MutationEdit

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.

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Unadapted borrowing from English file.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

file m (invariable)

  1. (computing) file

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

file f

  1. plural of fila

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

Northern KurdishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

Central Kurdish فەلە‎ (fele)

file m or f

  1. Armenian
  2. Christian
  3. peasant, farmer

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “file”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, 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 readingEdit

  • 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 NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From fil f (“a file”).

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

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 2Edit

Probably related to Swedish fil.

NounEdit

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

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ReferencesEdit

Old IrishEdit

VerbEdit

file

  1. Alternative form of fil

PicardEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin filia.

NounEdit

file f (plural files)

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Related termsEdit

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

filẹ̑ m inan

  1. fillet

InflectionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

file

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