fil

See also: -fil, Fil-, fil., fiľ, fíl, and fîl

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Symbol

fil

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Filipino.

English

Etymology 1

Of North Germanic origin, from Swedish fil. Also related to Finnish viili.

Noun

fil (uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fil (plural fils)

1. (chess) Alternative form of alfil.

Anagrams

• LIF, lif

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfil/
• Rhymes: -il

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil).

Noun

fil f (plural fila or (archaic) file)

1. elephant

   Synonym: elefant

2. (chess) bishop

   Synonym: oficer

Related terms

• fildish

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 470a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “fil”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 159
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “fil”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 107a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “fiľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 104f.
• Jungg, G. (1895) “fil”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 30

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fil m (plural filë) (nautical)

1. gunwale

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[3], 1980, page 470a

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		фил
Abjad		فیل

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fil (definite accusative fili, plural fillər)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Declension of fil

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

Possessive forms of fil

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filim	fillərim
sənin (“your”)	filin	fillərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	fili	filləri
bizim (“our”)	filimiz	fillərimiz
sizin (“your”)	filiniz	filləriniz
onların (“their”)	fili or filləri	filləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filimi	fillərimi
sənin (“your”)	filini	fillərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	filini	fillərini
bizim (“our”)	filimizi	fillərimizi
sizin (“your”)	filinizi	fillərinizi
onların (“their”)	filini or fillərini	fillərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filimə	fillərimə
sənin (“your”)	filinə	fillərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	filinə	fillərinə
bizim (“our”)	filimizə	fillərimizə
sizin (“your”)	filinizə	fillərinizə
onların (“their”)	filinə or fillərinə	fillərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filimdə	fillərimdə
sənin (“your”)	filində	fillərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	filində	fillərində
bizim (“our”)	filimizdə	fillərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	filinizdə	fillərinizdə
onların (“their”)	filində or fillərində	fillərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filimdən	fillərimdən
sənin (“your”)	filindən	fillərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	filindən	fillərindən
bizim (“our”)	filimizdən	fillərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	filinizdən	fillərinizdən
onların (“their”)	filindən or fillərindən	fillərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filimin	fillərimin
sənin (“your”)	filinin	fillərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	filinin	fillərinin
bizim (“our”)	filimizin	fillərimizin
sizin (“your”)	filinizin	fillərinizin
onların (“their”)	filinin or fillərinin	fillərinin

Descendants

• → Georgian: ფილ (pil) — Ingilo

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfil]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -il

Noun

fil m (plural fils)

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

   Synonym: tema

Derived terms

• afilar
• aguantar-se per un fil
• fil d'aram
• filar
• filós
• posar fil a l'agulla

Further reading

• “fil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “fil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “fil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

fil

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Declension of fil

	singular	plural
nominative	fil	filler
genitive	filniñ	fillerniñ
dative	filge	fillerge
accusative	filni	fillerni
locative	filde	fillerde
ablative	filden	fillerden

Derived terms

• fil balası

References

• “fil”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Dalmatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fīlum. Judging by the /i/, presumably borrowed from Venetan or Italian filo.

Noun

fil m

1. thread

Related terms

• filuor

References

• Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000, page 180

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vīle, from Old Saxon fila, from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

fil c (singular definite filen, plural indefinite file)

1. file (tool)

Declension

Declension of fil

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fil	filen	file	filene
genitive	fils	filens	files	filenes

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Noun

fil c (singular definite filen, plural indefinite filer)

1. file (computer terminology)

Declension

Declension of fil

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fil	filen	filer	filerne
genitive	fils	filens	filers	filernes

Etymology 3

See file.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/, [fiːˀl]

Verb

fil

1. imperative of file

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīlum.

Noun

fil m (plural fils) (ORB, broad)

1. thread

Related terms

• felar

References

• fil in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• fil in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

From Old French fil, from Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: file, filent, files, fils, Phil, -phile
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

fil m (plural fils)

1. yarn, thread, wire

   ne tenir qu’à un fil

   to hang by a thread

2. grain (of wood etc.)
3. edge (of blade, razor etc.)

Derived terms

• affiler (“to sharpen”)
• au bout du fil
• au fil de (“in the course of, over the course of”)
• coup de fil (“telephone call”)
• cousu de fil blanc
• de fil en aiguille
• défiler (“to parade”)
• du fil à retordre
• ficelle (“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 (“bunch of filaments provening from the protective skin of such fiber plants as flax and cannabis”)
• filé (“simple or twisted textile thread, as used for needlework”)
• file (“line, queue”)
• filer (“to spin a web; to thread through a crowd; to spin a thread”)
• filet
• fileur (“spinner”)
• filière (“creance; die; spinneret”)
• filiforme (“filiform, threadlike”)
• filigrane (“watermark; filigree”)
• filin (“rope, cord”)
• filoche
• filoir
• filon (“lode, seam, vein”)
• filoselle (“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

Descendants

• → English: file (“collection of papers”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “fil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: fìl

Noun

fil m (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of filo

Judeo-Tat

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian فِیل (fīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪl/

Noun

fil

1. elephant
2. (figuratively) anything huge and ponderous
3. (chess) bishop

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil m (plural fjiel)

1. (archaic) elephant

   Synonym: ljunfant

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

fil

1. Alternative form of fille

Etymology 2

Verb

fil

1. Alternative form of fillen

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

fil f or m (definite singular fila or 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.

Derived terms

• tekstfil

References

• “fil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fil_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “fil_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish, from Old French. In the sense of a "computer file" it is borrowed from English file. Both the English and Swedish origins ultimately derive from Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil f (definite singular fila, indefinite plural filer, definite plural filene)

1. (computing) a file
2. (driving) a lane

Usage notes

Until 1983, this noun was also considered masculine.

Derived terms

• datafil
• køyrefil

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil f (definite singular fila, indefinite plural filer, definite plural filene)

1. a file (a hand tool)

Etymology 3

Possibly shortened from Danish pamfilius. However, it might also be a native clipping of pamfil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Noun

fil f (definite singular fila, indefinite plural filer, definite plural filene)

1. (card games) knave (esp. of clubs)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fil

1. imperative of file

References

• “fil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fli

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Limousin) [ˈfjaʷ]
• IPA^(key): (Auvergnat) [ˈfjɑʷ]
• IPA^(key): (Gascon) [ˈhiu̯]

• Audio (Gascony):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): (East Languedocien) [ˈfiu̯]
• IPA^(key): (West Languedocien) [ˈfil]

• Audio (West Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

fil m (plural fils)

1. thread

References

• Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin fīlium, accusative singular of fīlius. The nominative form fiz, fils (whence modern French fils), derives from the Latin nominative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/, /fiʎ/

Noun

fil oblique singular, m (oblique plural fiz or filz, nominative singular fiz or filz, nominative plural fil)

1. son (male child)

Descendants

• Bourguignon: fi
• Walloon: fi

See filz for descendants from the nominative singular inflection.

Etymology 2

From Latin fīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

Noun

fil oblique singular, m (oblique plural fis, nominative singular fis, nominative plural fil)

1. thread (fine strand of material)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     A fil d'or ovree et tissue.

     It was made and woven from fine threads of gold

Descendants

• French: fil

Old Irish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Originally ·fil (“you see”) and ·feil (“one sees”). From Proto-Celtic *weleti (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wél-e-ti (“see”), compare Welsh gweled (“to see”). For the semantic development from "see" to "there is" compare Welsh dyma (“there is”) shortened from Middle Welsh wely di yma? (“do you see?”) or French voici (“here is”) from vois ci (“see here”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸʲilʲ]

Verb

·fil

1. present progressive conjunct of at·tá
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^c20

     Má nudub·feil i n‑ellug coirp Críst, adib cland Abrache amal ṡodin, et it sib ata chomarpi Abracham.

     If you pl are in the union of the body of Christ, you are Abraham’s children in that case, and it is you who are Abraham’s heirs.

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 26^b7

     De dliguth trá inna n-il-toimdden sin, is de gaibthi “igitur”; quasi dixisset “Ní fail ní nád taí mo dligeth-sa fair i ndegaid na comroircnech.”

     Of the law then, of those many opinions, it is thereof that he recites “igitur”; as if he had said, “There is nothing which my law does not touch upon after the erroneous ones.

fil

1. third-person singular present progressive relative of at·tá
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77^a15

     Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.

     It is to the interrogation that is in the canon that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 114^b18

     nád fil nech con·gné fris ón acht Día

     that there is no one to help him but God

Usage notes

In the conjunct form, the logical subject appears in the accusative (or as an infixed object pronoun) in the oldest language. Examples:

• cinin·fil (“although we are not”)
• condib·feil (“so that you pl are”)
• má nudub·feil (“if you pl are”)
• nícon·ḟil nach rainn (“there is no part”)
• nín·fil (“we are not”)

Related terms

• do·fil

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of fil

radical	lenition	nasalization
fil	ḟil	fil pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• phil (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Apocopic form of filo or fillo. Perhaps influenced by forms akin to Old Occitan fil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfil/

Noun

fil m (plural filos or fillos)

1. Apocopic form of filo, son, child
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:

     Entra a pharaon q̃ ẏo engrauiare so coraçõ. de los sieruos del criador. Por poner eſtas mis ſẽnales. ⁊ cuẽtalo delãte tos fiios al fil de tos fijos. Todo lo q̃ fiz en egipto en tus ſẽnales q̃ pus en ellos e ſabredes q̃ ẏo so el ſẽnor.

     “Go to Pharaoh, for I will harden his heart toward the servants of the Creator, that I may perform these My signs. And recount before your children and the child of your children all that I did in Egypt through your signs that I put among them, and you will know that I am the Lord.”

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fíll, from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Middle Persian pyl (pīl), Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).

Noun

fīl m

1. elephant (Elephantidae)

Declension

Declension of fīl (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fīl	fīlrin	fīlar	fīlanir, fīlaner
accusative	fīl	fīlin	fīla	fīlana
dative	fīli, fīle	fīlinum, fīlenom	fīlum, fīlom	fīlumin, fīlomen
genitive	fīls	fīlsins	fīla	fīlanna

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈfiːl]

Noun

fil m (invariable) (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

1. thread

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• fȉlj

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil) (modern Turkish fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Middle Persian pyl (pīl), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru). Akin to fìldiš.

Pronunciation

• (fȉl): IPA^(key): /fîl/
• (fȋl): IPA^(key): /fîːl/

Noun

fȉl m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏л) or fȋl m (Cyrillic spelling фи̑л)

1. (regional) elephant

   Synonym: slȍn

Declension

Declension of fil

	singular	plural
nominative	fȉl/fȋl	filovi
genitive	fíla	filova
dative	filu	filovima
accusative	fil	filove
vocative	filu	filovi
locative	filu	filovima
instrumental	filom	filovima

References

• “fil”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 283
• “fil”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 668

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vīle, from Old Saxon fila, from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō. Cognate with English file and German Feile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fil c

1. a file (a tool)

Declension

Declension of fil

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

Related terms

• bågfil
• fila
• filare
• filklove
• filning
• filspån
• järnfil

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “French file?”).

Row and lane (a row of vehicles) is one etymology, but as English file suggests computer file has a different etymology. However, the Swedish computer file is sometimes explained as a row of bytes, in attempt to shoehorn this new English loanword into the etymology of the existing word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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. (computing) file

Declension

Declension of fil

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

Related terms

row

• defilera

lane

• filkörning
• filmarkering

computer file

• fildelare
• fildelning
• filformat
• filhanterare
• filkatalog
• filnamn

Etymology 3

Related to Icelandic þél (“fermented milk”), from Old Norse þéttr (“dense, tight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fil	fils
	definite	filen	filens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• filbunke
• filmjölk
• filpaket
• gräddfil
• långfil
• lättfil

References

• fil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lif

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English field.

Noun

fil

1. sportsfield

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Persian پیل (pil) (and from alternate Ottoman Turkish پیل (pil), directly from Persian پیل (pil)), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru), related to Egyptian ꜣbw (root of English elephant).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/, [ˈfiʎ̟̊]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fil (definite accusative fili, plural filler)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Declension of fil

singular plural nominative fil filler definite accusative fili filleri dative file fillere locative filde fillerde ablative filden fillerden genitive filin fillerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular filim fillerim 2nd singular filin fillerin 3rd singular fili filleri 1st plural filimiz fillerimiz 2nd plural filiniz filleriniz 3rd plural filleri filleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular filimi fillerimi 2nd singular filini fillerini 3rd singular filini fillerini 1st plural filimizi fillerimizi 2nd plural filinizi fillerinizi 3rd plural fillerini fillerini dative singular plural 1st singular filime fillerime 2nd singular filine fillerine 3rd singular filine fillerine 1st plural filimize fillerimize 2nd plural filinize fillerinize 3rd plural fillerine fillerine locative singular plural 1st singular filimde fillerimde 2nd singular filinde fillerinde 3rd singular filinde fillerinde 1st plural filimizde fillerimizde 2nd plural filinizde fillerinizde 3rd plural fillerinde fillerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular filimden fillerimden 2nd singular filinden fillerinden 3rd singular filinden fillerinden 1st plural filimizden fillerimizden 2nd plural filinizden fillerinizden 3rd plural fillerinden fillerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular filimin fillerimin 2nd singular filinin fillerinin 3rd singular filinin fillerinin 1st plural filimizin fillerimizin 2nd plural filinizin fillerinizin 3rd plural fillerinin fillerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular filim fillerim 2nd singular filsin fillersin 3rd singular fil fildir filler fillerdir 1st plural filiz filleriz 2nd plural filsiniz fillersiniz 3rd plural filler fillerdir

References

• “fil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Uzbek

Other scripts

Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	фил‍
Latin	fil‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)	فیل

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai فیل (fīl /⁠fīl⁠/), from Classical Persian فیل (fīl), from Arabic فِيلٌ m (fīlun), Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/, [fil]
• Hyphenation: fil

Noun

fil (plural fillar)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Declension of fil

	singular	plural
nominative	fil	fillar
genitive	filning	fillarning
dative	filga	fillarga
definite accusative	filni	fillarni
locative	filda	fillarda
ablative	fildan	fillardan
similative	fildek	fillardek

Possessive forms of fil

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	filim	fillarim
genitive	filimning	fillarimning
dative	filimga	fillarimga
definite accusative	filimni	fillarimni
locative	filimda	fillarimda
ablative	filimdan	fillarimdan
similative	filimdek	fillarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	filing	fillaring
genitive	filingning	fillaringning
dative	filingga	fillaringga
definite accusative	filingni	fillaringni
locative	filingda	fillaringda
ablative	filingdan	fillaringdan
similative	filingdek	fillaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	fili	fillari
genitive	filining	fillarining
dative	filiga	fillariga
definite accusative	filini	fillarini
locative	filida	fillarida
ablative	filidan	fillaridan
similative	filidek	fillaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	filimiz	fillarimiz
genitive	filimizning	fillarimizning
dative	filimizga	fillarimizga
definite accusative	filimizni	fillarimizni
locative	filimizda	fillarimizda
ablative	filimizdan	fillarimizdan
similative	filimizdek	fillarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	filingiz	fillaringiz
genitive	filingizning	fillaringizning
dative	filingizga	fillaringizga
definite accusative	filingizni	fillaringizni
locative	filingizda	fillaringizda
ablative	filingizdan	fillaringizdan
similative	filingizdek	fillaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	fili	fillari
genitive	filining	fillarining
dative	filiga	fillariga
definite accusative	filini	fillarini
locative	filida	fillarida
ablative	filidan	fillaridan
similative	filidek	fillaridek

Volapük

Noun

fil (nominative plural fils)

1. fire

Declension

Declension of fil

	singular	plural
nominative	fil	fils
genitive	fila	filas
dative	file	files
accusative	fili	filis
vocative 1	o fil!	o fils!
predicative 2	filu	filus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• bodifilädöm
• cimafil
• cimalefil
• defilam
• defilön
• defilükam
• defilükan
• defilükön
• disglunlefil
• fefil
• fefilikön
• fefilük
• fefilükam
• fefilükön
• felefilam
• felefilön
• ferismeitafil
• fil: Sänt-"Elmus"
• filabek
• filabäsin
• filaglut
• filaglöp
• filaglöp meteorik
• filagoldam
• filajif (filot)
• filaköl
• filakölik
• filalanan
• filam
• filamaboad
• filamaboadakum
• filamaboadicöpan
• filamahit
• filamahitik
• filamalentül
• filamaleül
• filamalok
• filamastöf
• filamastöfs
• filapenäd
• filared
• filaredik
• filasepül
• filasepülöp
• filaskal
• filasufid
• filasufidik
• filavaf
• filazäp
• filed
• filedön
• filedön boadakolati
• filedöp
• filet
• filetan
• filetatop
• filetatopafön
• filetön
• filetön furnodi me boad
• filetön föni me boad
• filid
• filidakandel (tooda)
• filidakapsül
• filidan
• filidastol
• filidaston
• filidaston güna
• filidian
• filidöm
• filidön
• filifän
• filihikultan
• filihivomitan
• filijikultan
• filijivomitan
• filik
• filikam
• filikamamotor
• filikamov
• filikamovalut
• filikamovik
• filikult
• filikultan
• filikön
• filil
• filivomit
• filivomitan
• filivomitik
• filodeadam
• filot
• filotav
• filotavan
• filotel
• filov
• filovik
• filäd
• filädafer
• filädafurnod
• filädamäk
• filädamäkön
• filädöm
• filädön
• Filän
• Filänan
• filön
• filükön
• filükön boväli
• flamafil
• fredafil
• funifefilük
• funifefilükam
• galädafil
• geinifiled
• geinifiledan
• geinifiledöp
• geinihifiledan
• geinijifiledan
• glunalefil
• hi-Filänan
• hifiletan
• hifilidan
• hifilotavan
• hifilotel
• itfefilük
• itfefilükam
• itfefilükan
• itfilikam
• itfilikot
• ji-Filänan
• jifiletan
• jifilidan
• jifilotavan
• jifilotel
• kafifilädöm
• kolatifiledan
• kolatihifiledan
• kolatijifiledan
• laifiletafön
• laifiletafön nomädöfik
• lampadifilidan
• lampadifilidian
• lampadihifilidan
• lampadijifilidan
• lefil
• lefilaböket
• lefiladalogam
• lefilahipoldan
• lefilahipoldanef
• lefilahuk
• lefilajipoldan
• lefilajipoldanef
• lefilaklokitoenod
• lefilamalet
• lefilapoldan
• lefilapoldanef
• lefilapoldöp
• lefilariskäd
• lefilariskädik
• lefilasef
• lefilasefik
• lefilastän
• lefilatuinaskut
• lefilinunaparat
• lefilisur
• lefilön
• lefilöp
• lefilükam
• lefilükamaboum
• lemüfifiletan
• lemüfihifiletan
• lemüfijifiletan
• len filetatop lomik
• maletafil
• maralefil
• maralefilasmok
• marihilefilükan
• marijilefilükan
• marilefilükam
• marilefilükan
• nifilükam
• nosikön dub fil, dub smök
• panosükön dub fil, panosükön dub smök
• pokafilidöm
• smokifilükamaparat
• smokifilüköl
• stafäd u stafäds in kolatifiledakum
• talaninedafil
• tuigülafil
• turbafil
• turbafilet
• vatafilot
• zenifiledan
• zenihifiledan
• zenijifiledan
• zenofilikön
• zenofilön
• zenofilük
• zenofilükam
• zenofilükön
• zenolefilük
• zenolefilükön
• zugafil

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːl/

Noun

fil

1. soft mutation of mil

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian فیل (fil).

Noun

fil m

1. elephant