fil

See also Fil-

English

Wikipedia

Noun

fil (uncountable)

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

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Azeri

Etymology

From Arabic فيل (fīl).

Noun

fil (Cyrillic spelling фил)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

declension of fil

	singular	plural
absolute	fil	fillər
definite accusative	fili	filləri
dative	filə	fillərə
locative	fildə	fillərdə
ablative	fildən	fillərdən
definite genitive	filin	fillərin

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fīlum.

Noun

fil m. (plural fils)

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

Synonyms

• (discussion thread): tema

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vīle.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Noun

fil c. (singular definite filen, plural indefinite file)

1. file (tool)

Inflection

    Inflection of fil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	fil	filen	file	filene
genitive	fils	filens	files	filenes

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Noun

fil c. (singular definite filen, plural indefinite filer)

1. file (computer terminology)

Inflection

    Inflection of fil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	fil	filen	filer	filerne
genitive	fils	filens	filers	filernes

Etymology 3

See file.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Verb

fil

1. imperative of file

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French

Etymology

From Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /fil/, SAMPA: /fil/
• Homophones: file, filent, files, fils, Phil, -phile

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

• au fil de
• coup de fil
• filage
• filasse
• fil d'Écosse
• Fil de la Vierge
• filé
• filer
• filet
• fileur
• filière
• filiforme
• filigrane
• filin
• filoche
• filoir
• filon
• filoselle
• ficelle
• sans-fil

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Lojban

Rafsi

fil

1. Rafsi of frili.

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/, X-SAMPA: /fi:l/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

fil m. or f. (definite singular fila/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.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin filius

Noun

fil m. (oblique plural fiz, nominative singular fiz, nominative plural fil)

1. son (male child)

Descendants

• French: fils (from the nominative "fiz")

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Old Irish

Etymology

From the imperative of Proto-Celtic *wel- (“see”) (cf. 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".

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 a clitic object pronoun) in the oldest language. Examples: nícon·ḟil nach rainn "there is no part", ní-n·fil "we are not", co-ndib·feil "so that you (pl.) are".

Alternative forms

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

Descendants

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

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

fil c.

1. file (a tool)

Declension

Declension of fil

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fil	filen	filar	filarna
genitive	fils	filens	filars	filarnas

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/

• audio

  (file)

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

Declension of fil

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fil	filen	filer	filerna
genitive	fils	filens	filers	filernas

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːl/

• audio

  (file)

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

Declension of fil

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	fil	filen
genitive	fils	filens

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA: fil

Noun

fil (definite accusative fili, plural filler)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

declension of fil

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	fil	filler
definite accusative (belirtme)	fili	filleri
dative (yönelme)	file	fillere
locative (bulunma)	filde	fillerde
ablative (çıkma)	filden	fillerden
genitive (tamlayan)	filin	fillerin

possessive forms of fil

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filim	fillerim
senin (your)	filin	fillerin
onun (his/her/its)	fili	filleri
bizim (our)	filimiz	fillerimiz
sizin (your)	filiniz	filleriniz
onların (their)	filleri	filleri
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filimi	fillerimi
senin (your)	filini	fillerini
onun (his/her/its)	filini	fillerini
bizim (our)	filimizi	fillerimizi
sizin (your)	filinizi	fillerinizi
onların (their)	fillerini	fillerini
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filime	fillerime
senin (your)	filine	fillerine
onun (his/her/its)	filine	fillerine
bizim (our)	filimize	fillerimize
sizin (your)	filinize	fillerinize
onların (their)	fillerine	fillerine
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filimde	fillerimde
senin (your)	filinde	fillerinde
onun (his/her/its)	filinde	fillerinde
bizim (our)	filimizde	fillerimizde
sizin (your)	filinizde	fillerinizde
onların (their)	fillerinde	fillerinde
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filimden	fillerimden
senin (your)	filinden	fillerinden
onun (his/her/its)	filinden	fillerinden
bizim (our)	filimizden	fillerimizden
sizin (your)	filinizden	fillerinizden
onların (their)	fillerinden	fillerinden
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	filimin	fillerimin
senin (your)	filinin	fillerinin
onun (his/her/its)	filinin	fillerinin
bizim (our)	filimizin	fillerimizin
sizin (your)	filinizin	fillerinizin
onların (their)	fillerinin	fillerinin

predicative forms of fil

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	filim	fillerim*
sen (you are)	filsin	fillersin*
o (he/she/it is)	fil / fildir	filler* / fillerdir*
biz (we are)	filiz	filleriz
siz (you are)	filsiniz	fillersiniz
onlar (they are)	filler	fillerdir
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	fildim	fillerdim*
sen (you were)	fildin	fillerdin*
o (he/she/it was)	fildi	fillerdi*
biz (we were)	fildik	fillerdik
siz (you were)	fildiniz	fillerdiniz
onlar (they were)	fildiler	fillerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	filmişim	fillermişim*
sen (you were)	filmişsin	fillermişsin*
o (he/she/it was)	filmiş	fillermiş*
biz (we were)	filmişiz	fillermişiz
siz (you were)	filmişsiniz	fillermişsiniz
onlar (they were)	filmişler	fillermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

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Volapük

Noun

fil (plural fils)

1. fire

Declension

declension of fil

	singular	plural
nominative	fil	fils
genitive	fila	filas
dative	file	files
accusative	fili	filis
predicative	filu	filus
vocative	o fil!	o fils!

Derived terms

• filet
• filetatop

See also

• filed