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Webster 1913 Edition
Filer
Fil′er
,Noun.
One who works with a file.
Webster 1828 Edition
Filer
FI'LER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Filer
filer
filer
See also: Filer
English
Noun
filer (plural filers)
- Agent noun of file; one who files something.
- (computing) A software program for managing files.
- 1983, InfoWorld (volume 5, number 9, 28 February 1983, page 28)
- The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.
- 1983, InfoWorld (volume 5, number 9, 28 February 1983, page 28)
References
- OED2
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Late Latin filāre < Latin filum. Compare Italian filare, Spanish hilar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.le/
Verb
filer
- (transitive) to spin (a web)
- (transitive) to thread through (a crowd)
- (intransitive) to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
- (intransitive, informal) to leave, to get going to scram; slip through
- (transitive, colloquial) to pass, to hand, to give
- Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s'il-te-plaît ?
Conjugation
Conjugation of filer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | filer | avoir filé | |||||
| gerund | en filant | en ayant filé | |||||
| present participle | filant /fi.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | filé /fi.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | filai /fi.le/ |
filas /fi.la/ |
fila /fi.la/ |
filâmes /fi.lam/ |
filâtes /fi.lat/ |
filèrent /fi.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | filerai /fil.ʁe/ |
fileras /fil.ʁa/ |
filera /fil.ʁa/ |
filerons /fil.ʁɔ̃/ |
filerez /fil.ʁe/ |
fileront /fil.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | filerais /fil.ʁɛ/ |
filerais /fil.ʁɛ/ |
filerait /fil.ʁɛ/ |
filerions /fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fileriez /fi.lə.ʁje/ |
fileraient /fil.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | file /fil/ |
files /fil/ |
file /fil/ |
filions /fi.ljɔ̃/ |
filiez /fi.lje/ |
filent /fil/ |
| imperfect1 |
filasse /fi.las/ |
filasses /fi.las/ |
filât /fi.la/ |
filassions /fi.la.sjɔ̃/ |
filassiez /fi.la.sje/ |
filassent /fi.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | file /fil/ |
— | filons /fi.lɔ̃/ |
filez /fi.le/ |
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