"fil" meaning in French

See fil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fil/ Audio: Fr-fil.ogg Forms: fils [plural]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: From Old French fil, from Latin fīlum. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|frm|fro|la|itc-ola|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=6}}, {{inh|fr|fro|fil}} Old French fil, {{inh|fr|la|fīlum}} Latin fīlum Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fil m (plural fils)
  1. yarn, thread, wire Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fil-fr-noun-4OlRpLu1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 54 12 34
  2. grain (of wood etc.) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fil-fr-noun-06a7-wyb
  3. edge (of blade, razor etc.) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fil-fr-noun-xXQJNHWl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: affiler (english: to sharpen), au bout du fil, au fil de (english: in the course of, over the course of), coup de fil (english: telephone call), cousu de fil blanc, de fil en aiguille, défiler (english: to parade), du fil à retordre, ficelle (english: twine), fil à plomb, fil barbelé, fil conducteur, fil de fer, Fil de la Vierge, fil dentaire, fil d’Ariane, fil d’Écosse, fil rouge, fil RSS, filage, filasse (english: bunch of filaments provening from the protective skin of such fiber plants as flax and cannabis), file (english: line, queue), filé (english: simple or twisted textile thread, as used for needlework), filer (english: to spin a web; to thread through a crowd; to spin a thread), filet, fileur (english: spinner), filière (english: creance; die; spinneret), filiforme (english: filiform, threadlike), filigrane (english: watermark; filigree), filin (english: rope, cord), filoche, filoir, filon (english: lode, seam, vein), filoselle (english: a type of coarse silk), ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre, ne tenir qu’à un fil, passer au fil de l’épée, perdre le fil, réseau sans fil, sans fil, sans-fil, sur le fil, sur le fil du rasoir, téléphone sans fil

Inflected forms

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      "word": "file"
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      "word": "filé"
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      "english": "watermark; filigree",
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      "word": "filin"
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      "word": "sur le fil"
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      "word": "sur le fil du rasoir"
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      "english": "telephone call",
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      "word": "cousu de fil blanc"
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      "word": "de fil en aiguille"
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      "english": "to parade",
      "word": "défiler"
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      "english": "twine",
      "word": "ficelle"
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      "word": "fil à plomb"
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      "word": "fil rouge"
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      "word": "fil RSS"
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      "word": "file"
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      "word": "filer"
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      "english": "spinner",
      "word": "fileur"
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    {
      "english": "filiform, threadlike",
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    {
      "english": "watermark; filigree",
      "word": "filigrane"
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    {
      "english": "rope, cord",
      "word": "filin"
    },
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      "word": "filoche"
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    {
      "word": "filoir"
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      "english": "lode, seam, vein",
      "word": "filon"
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    {
      "word": "ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne tenir qu’à un fil"
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      "word": "passer au fil de l’épée"
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    {
      "word": "perdre le fil"
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      "word": "réseau sans fil"
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    {
      "word": "sans fil"
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      "word": "sans-fil"
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      "word": "sur le fil"
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    {
      "word": "sur le fil du rasoir"
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