fila

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See also: fíla, filá, filâ, and -fila

English

Pronunciation

Noun

fila

  1. plural of filum

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.

Noun

fila f (plural files)

  1. file
  2. row
  3. (chess) rank
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From filo (son) + -a (adjectival marker).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fila (accusative singular filan, plural filaj, accusative plural filajn)

  1. filial (in the case of the son)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fila

  1. third-person singular past historic of filer

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.la/
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Hyphenation: fì‧la

Etymology 1

Probably from filo, or from Latin fila, plural of filum. Compare French file, Portuguese fila.

Noun

fila f (plural file)

  1. line, rank
  2. (masonry) row, course (a row of bricks or blocks)
  3. queue (British), line (US)
    Synonym: coda

Noun

fila f

  1. plural of filo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

fīla n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fīlum

References

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese filha.

Noun

fila (masculine filo, plural fila-fila)

  1. daughter

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with filâ (to clutch; to grab).

Derived terms

  • filo-fila (children, literally son-daughter)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fila f

  1. definite singular of fil

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of file:
    1. past tense
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of file

Noun

fila

  1. definite singular of fil

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.[1]

Noun

fila f (plural filas)

  1. queue (line of people)
  2. queue (waiting list)
  3. (computing) queue (FIFO data structure)

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ fila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Fülle.

Noun

fȉla f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏ла)

  1. (regional) stuffing
    Synonym: nadjev

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

Noun

fila f (plural filas)

  1. line, row, rank, file
  2. queue (British), line (US)
    Synonym: cola
  3. (chess) rank
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

  1. inflection of filar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

fil +‎ -a

Verb

fila (present filar, preterite filade, supine filat, imperative fila)

  1. to file (smooth, grind, or cut with a file)
  2. (figuratively, with ) to work on or polish (something)
    fila på ett manifest
    work on a manifesto

Conjugation

References

Tetum

Verb

fila

  1. to turn

Yoruba

Etymology

Ultimately from Hausa fū̀lā, perhaps through Nupe fùla.

Pronunciation

Noun

fìlà

  1. hat, cap (in particular) the traditional Yoruba caps worn by males.
    Synonyms: ètú, àkòó