English

Noun

fil ‎(uncountable)

1. A Nordic dairy product, similar to yoghurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture.

Azeri

Etymology

From Arabic فِيل ‎(fīl).

Noun

fil ‎(definite accusative fili, plural fillər)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Azeri · şahmat fiquru (layout · text)
şah	vəzir	top	fil	at	piyada

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal [Term?], from Latin fīlum.

Noun

fil m ‎(plural fils)

1. thread, wire
2. (Internet) discussion thread

Synonyms

• (discussion thread): tema

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin filum.

Noun

fil m

1. thread, yarn, string

Related terms

• filur

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vīle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Noun

fil c (singular definite filen, plural indefinite file)

1. file (tool)

Inflection

Etymology 2

From English file ‎(“an aggregation of data”) (1962).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Noun

fil c (singular definite filen, plural indefinite filer)

1. file (computer terminology)

Inflection

Etymology 3

See file.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Verb

fil

1. imperative of file

French

Etymology

From Old French fil, from Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/
• Homophones: file, filent, files, fils, Phil, -phile
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

fil m ‎(plural fils)

1. thread, wire

   ne tenir qu'a un fil - to hang by a thread

2. grain (of wood etc.)
3. edge (of blade, razor etc.)

Related terms

Italian

Noun

fil m ‎(invariable)

1. apocopic form of filo

Judeo-Tat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪl/

Noun

fil

1. elephant

Lojban

Rafsi

fil

1. rafsi of frili.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

fil f, m ‎(definite singular fila or filen, indefinite plural filer, definite plural filene)

1. A file.
2. A hand tool used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
3. A section of roadway for a single line of vehicles, a lane.

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin fīlium, accusative singular of fīlius. The nominative form fiz, fils (whence modern French fils), derives from the Latin nominative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiʎ/

Noun

fil m ‎(oblique plural fiz or filz, nominative singular fiz or filz, nominative plural fil)

1. son (male child)

Descendants

• English: Fitz (from the nominative fiz)
• French: fils (from the nominative "fiz", later "fils")

Etymology 2

From Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

Noun

fil m ‎(oblique plural fis, nominative singular fis, nominative plural fil)

1. thread (fine strand of material)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     A fil d'or ovree et tissue.

     It was made and woven from fine threads of gold

Descendants

• French: fil

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fail
• feil
• fel
• fele (relative)
• file (relative)

Etymology

From the imperative of Proto-Celtic *wel- ‎(“see”) (compare Welsh gweled). Semantic development from "see!" to "there is" is parallel to that of French voici, from vois ci "see here" and voilà, from vois là "see there".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲilʲ/

Verb

·fil (conjunct), fil (relative)

1. present progressive conjunct of at·tá
2. third-person singular present progressive relative of at·tá

Usage notes

In the conjunct form, the logical subject appears in the accusative (or as an infixed object pronoun) in the oldest language. Examples: nícon·ḟil nach rainn ‎(“there is no part”), nín·fil ‎(“we are not”), condib·feil ‎(“so that you pl are”).

Descendants

• Irish: bhfuil, níl
• Manx: vel, nel
• Scottish Gaelic: bheil, eil

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• fȉlj

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish فیل ‎(fil) (modern Turkish fil), from Arabic فِيل ‎(fīl), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 ‎(pīl), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 ‎(pīru). Akin to fìldiš.

Pronunciation

• (fȉl): IPA^(key): /fîl/
• (fȋl): IPA^(key): /fîːl/

Noun

fȉl m ‎(Cyrillic spelling фи̏л) or fȋl m ‎(Cyrillic spelling фи̑л)

1. (regional) elephant

Synonyms

• (elephant): slȍn

Declension

References

• “fil” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 283
• Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 6, page 668

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vīle. Cognate with English file and German Feile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil c

1. a file (a tool)

Declension

Related terms

• bågfil
• fila
• filare
• filklove
• filning
• filspån
• järnfil

Etymology 2

.

Row and lane (a row of vehicles) is one etymology, but as English file suggests computer file has a different etymology. However, the Swedish computer file is sometimes explained as a row of bytes, in attempt to shoehorn this new English loanword into the etymology of the existing word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil c

1. a row of objects; most commonly used about moving objects
2. a section of roadway for a single line of vehicles, a lane
3. file (in computer technology)

Declension

Related terms

row

• defilera

lane

• filkörning
• filmarkering

computer file

• fildelare
• fildelning
• filformat
• filhanterare
• filkatalog
• filnamn

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil c ‎(uncountable)

1. any product from a family of various (deliberately) soured milk products
2. abbreviation for filmjölk; a particular kind of fil as above

Declension

Related terms

• filbunke
• filmjölk
• filpaket
• gräddfil
• långfil
• lättfil

References

• fil in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فیل ‎(fil), from Arabic فِيل ‎(fīl), from Persian پیل ‎(pīl) (and from alternate Ottoman Turkish پیل ‎(pil), directly from Persian پیل ‎(pīl)), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 ‎(pīru), related to Egyptian 𓍋𓃀𓅱𓌟 ‎(3bw) (root of English elephant).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): fil

Noun

fil ‎(definite accusative fili, plural filler)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Volapük

Noun

fil ‎(plural fils)

1. fire

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Noun

fil

1. soft mutation of mil