fila

See also: fíla, filá, filâ, -fila, and Fila

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophone: phyla

Noun

fila

1. plural of filum

Anagrams

• -afil, Fail, alif, fail

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.

Noun

fila f (plural files)

1. file
2. row
3. (chess) rank

Derived terms

• en fila
• fila índia

Related terms

• fil
• desfilar

Further reading

• “fila”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From filo (“son”) + -a (“adjectival marker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfila/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: fi‧la

Adjective

fila (accusative singular filan, plural filaj, accusative plural filajn)

1. filial (in the case of the son)

Further reading

• “fila”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.la/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

fila

1. third-person singular past historic of filer

Anagrams

• alif

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: fì‧la

Etymology 1

Probably from filo, or from Latin fila, plural of filum. Compare French file, Portuguese fila.

Noun

fila f (plural file)

1. line, rank
2. (masonry) row, course (a row of bricks or blocks)
3. queue (British), line (US)

   Synonym: coda

Related terms

• filo

Noun

fila f

1. plural of filo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fila

1. inflection of filare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• alif

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.la]

Noun

fīla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fīlum

References

• "fila", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese filha.

Noun

fila (masculine filo, plural fila-fila)

1. daughter

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with filâ (“to clutch; to grab”).

Derived terms

• filo-fila (“children”, literally “son-daughter”)

References

• “fila”, in “Lexicon”, in Macanese Heritage, 2024–2026

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fila f

1. definite singular of fil

Verb

fila

1. inflection of file:
   1. past tense
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fila (present tense filar/filer, past tense fila/filte, past participle fila/filt, passive infinitive filast, present participle filande, imperative fila/fil)

1. alternative form of file

Noun

fila

1. definite singular of fil

References

• “fila” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /fʲiːlʲa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /fʲilʲa/

Noun

fila f

1. alternative form of chwila

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): [ˈfi.la]

Noun

fila f

1. (Podhale, Pieniążkowice) alternative form of chwila

Further reading

• Jan Karłowicz (1900), “chwila”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 210

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ilɐ
• Homophone: filha (Madeira)
• Hyphenation: fi‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

Noun

fila f (plural filas)

1. queue (line of people)
2. queue (waiting list)
3. (computing) queue (FIFO data structure)

Related terms

• fio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fila

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fülle.

Noun

fȉla f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏ла)

1. (regional) stuffing

   Synonym: nadjev

Related terms

• filati

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfila/ [ˈfi.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: fi‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

Noun

fila f (plural filas)

1. line, row, rank, file
2. queue (British), line (US)

   Synonym: cola

3. (chess) rank

   Antonym: columna

Derived terms

• cerrar filas
• en fila
• fila india
• romper filas

Related terms

• filo
• hilo

Etymology 2

Verb

fila

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “fila”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

fila class IX (plural fila class X)

1. evil, vice

Swedish

Etymology

fil +‎ -a

Verb

fila (present filar, preterite filade, supine filat, imperative fila)

1. to file (smooth, grind, or cut with a file)
2. (figuratively, with på) to work on or polish (something)

   fila på ett manifest

   work on a manifesto

Conjugation

Conjugation of fila (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	fila		filas
supine	filat		filats
imperative	fila		—
imper. plural1	filen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	filar	filade	filas	filades
ind. plural1	fila	filade	filas	filades
subjunctive2	file	filade	files	filades
present participle		filande
past participle		filad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• nedfila

References

• “fila”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fila”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fila”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tetum

Verb

fila

1. to turn

Yoruba

Etymology

Ultimately from Hausa fū̀lā, perhaps through Nupe fùla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fì.là/

Noun

fìlà

1. hat, cap (in particular) the traditional Yoruba caps worn by males.

   Synonyms: ètú, àkòó