file
English
/faɪl/
noun
Definitions
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- A roll or list.
- Course of thought; thread of narration.
- (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
Etymology
Derived from Old French fil (thread) derived from Latin filum (thread, a thread).
Origin
Latin
filum
Gloss
thread, a thread
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
糸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Filegate English
- back English
- backfile English
- befile English
- card English
- case English
- casefile English
- chronofile English
- data English
- datafile English
- defilable English
- defile English
- defilement English
- defiler English
- defilest English
- defileth English
- dot English
- dotfile English
- drop English
- dropfile English
- e-file English
- e-filer English
- fact English
- factfile English
- fil English
- filanders English
- filar English
- filaria English
- file handle English
- file system English
- file-card English
- fileable English
- filefish English
- filegroup English
- fileless English
- filemark English
- filemask English
- filename English
- filer English
- fileserver English
- fileset English
- filesharer English
- filespace English
- filestore English
- filetail English
- filetype English
- fileworthy English
- filoplume English
- fish English
- group English
- handle English
- help English
- helpfile English
- infile English
- interfile English
- log English
- logfile English
- mail English
- mailfile English
- mark English
- mask English
- metafile English
- misfile English
- multifile English
- name English
- nonfiler English
- note English
- notefile English
- prefile English
- pseudofile English
- refile English
- refiler English
- save English
- savefile English
- score English
- scorefile English
- server English
- set English
- shape English
- shapefile English
- sharer English
- sig English
- sigfile English
- space English
- store English
- subfile English
- system English
- tail English
- tar English
- tarfile English
- tickler English
- tickler file English
- type English
- unfile English
- viila Finnish
- viili Finnish
- filare Latin
- filicornis Latin
- filius Latin
- filum Latin
- filāre Latin
- fīlium Latin
- fīlius Latin
- fīlum Latin
- pro Latin
- File German
- fájl Hungarian
- fájllal Hungarian
- fájlnév Hungarian
- fájlok Hungarian
- fájlokat Hungarian
- fájlrendszer Hungarian
- fájlt Hungarian
- fil French
- filaire French
- filasse French
- filet French
- filière French
- nanofil French
- файл Russian
- файлик Russian
- deshilar Spanish, Castilian
- enhilar Spanish, Castilian
- fileteado Spanish, Castilian
- hilacha Spanish, Castilian
- hilera Spanish, Castilian
- hilo Spanish, Castilian
- hilván Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- Proto-Indo-European
- *flagilaz Proto-Germanic
- bågfil Swedish
- fil Swedish
- fila Swedish
- filformat Swedish
- filmjölk Swedish
- filnamn Swedish
- filtyp Swedish
- nagelfil Swedish
- örfil Swedish
- ファイル Japanese
- ファイル名 Japanese
- fil Norwegian Nynorsk
- tekstfil Norwegian Nynorsk
- befilen Middle English
- defilen Middle English
- fil Old French
- fæll Icelandic
- फ़ाइल Hindi
- ไฟล์ Thai
- fail Indonesian
- fails Latvian
- rupjvīle Latvian
- skrāpjvīle Latvian
- smalkvīle Latvian
- vīle Latvian
- fieu Norman
- fis Norman
- файл Bulgarian
- vīle Middle High German
- ဖိုင် Burmese
- fill Albanian
- 快勞 Chinese
- vīle Middle Low German
- faila Cimbrian
- 파일 Korean
- файл Mongolian
- failas Lithuanian
- baeļ Marshallese
- filo Old Spanish
- difil Mauritian Creole
- difil Seychellois Creole
- fiu Picard
- 'iilu Cahuilla
- ilu Francisco León Zoque
- dot
- fil
- log
- set
- sig
- tar
- drop
- note
- name
- case
- tail
- mask
- type
- fact
- save
- help
- back
- fish
- mark
- data
- card
- shape
- score
- filar
- filer
- group
- store
- space
- sharer
- befile
- system
- refile
- e-file
- server
- defile
- infile
- unfile
- handle
- misfile
- prefile
- e-filer
- logfile
- refiler
- tarfile
- subfile
- filaria
- dotfile
- defiler
- tickler
- sigfile
- fileset
- savefile
- dropfile
- defileth
- factfile
- Filegate
- metafile
- filemark
- fileless
- nonfiler
- datafile
- fileable
- filename
- defilest
- filetype
- filefish
- casefile
- mailfile
- notefile
- filetail
- filemask
- backfile
- helpfile
- filespace
- filoplume
- multifile
- interfile
- filanders
- filestore
- scorefile
- defilable
- filegroup
- shapefile
- file-card
- pseudofile
- filesharer
- defilement
- chronofile
- fileserver
- fileworthy
- file handle
- file system
- tickler file