filament

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin filamentum, from Late Latin filare (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin filum (“thread”)

Noun

filament (plural filaments)

1. A fine thread or wire.
2. Such a wire, heated to glowing, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
3. (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
4. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

Translations

fine thread or wire

Czech: nitka (cs) f., drátek (cs) m. Finnish: säie (fi), kuitu (fi) French: filament (fr) m. Italian: filamento (it) m.

Japanese: 繊維 (ja) (sen'i) Russian: нить (ru) f. Spanish: filamento (es)

wire in an incandescent light bulb

Czech: vlákno (cs) n. Finnish: hehkulanka (fi) French: filament (fr) m. German: Glühwendel f. Hebrew: חוט להט Italian: filamento (it) m.

Japanese: フィラメント (ja) (firamento) Russian: нить накала f. Swedish: glödtråd Persian: Mooy, taar

stalk of a stamen in a flower

Finnish: palho (fi) Japanese: 花糸 (ja) (かし, kashi)

Spanish: filamento (es) m.

continuous object, limited in length only by its spool

Russian: волокно (ru) n.