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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

French fil (“thread”), Latin filum (“thread”), cognotate with Dutch vijl and German Feile.

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file (plural files)

  1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
  2. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
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collection of papers
computer terminology

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file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (transitive) To commit official papers to some office
  2. (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order
  3. (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
  4. (transitive) To shape (an object) by cutting with a file (cutting tool).
  5. (intransitive) To cut with a file (cutting tool).
  6. (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To make a formal request for the benefit of an official status.
    She filed for divorce the next day.
    The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.
    They filed for a refund under their warranty.
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to commit papers
to archive
to store computer data
to make a formal request

[edit] Etymology 2

French file, from filer, “to spin out”, “arrange one behind another”, Latin fīlāre, from filum, “thread”.

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file (plural files)

  1. A column of people one behind another.
    The troops marched in Indian file.
  2. (chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those which run from number to number). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
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column of people
chess: vertical line of squares
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file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (intransitive) To move in a file

[edit] Etymology 3

Old English feol. Cognate with Dutch vijl, German Feile, West Frisian file.

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A file (tool).

file (plural files)

  1. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal
  2. (slang, archaic) A man, guy, fellow; especially one known for being cunning or resourceful.
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terms derived from file (tool) (noun)
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abrasive tool

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file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (transitive) to smooth, grind, or cut with a file
    I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
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terms derived from file (use tool) {verb}
[edit] Translations
to smooth with a file

[edit] Etymology 4

Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English fȳlan (“to defile, make foul”), from fūl (“foul”). More at defile.

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file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (archaic) to defile
  2. to corrupt

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[edit] Dutch

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file f.

  1. traffic jam

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

fil- + -e

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file

  1. filially (in a filial manner or way)

[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

file f. (plural files)

  1. A line of object placed one after the other.
  2. (Belgium) traffic jam

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish fili.

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file m.

  1. poet

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative file filí
Vocative a fhile a fhilí
Genitive file filí
Dative file filí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an file na filí
Genitive an fhile na bhfilí
Dative leis an bhfile

don fhile

 leis na filí

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[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
file fhile bhfile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Noun

file f. pl.

  1. Plural form of fila.

file m. inv.

  1. (computing) file

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[edit] Kurdish

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file

  1. Christian

[edit] Slovene

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file

  1. filet
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