filar
English
Etymology
From Latin filum (“a thread”).
Adjective
filar (comparative more filar, superlative most filar)
- Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.
- a filar microscope
- a filar micrometer
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “filar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin filare.
Pronunciation
Verb
filar (first-person singular present filo, first-person singular preterite filí, past participle filat)
- (transitive) to spin (a thread)
- (transitive) to suss out
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “filar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “filar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “filar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “filar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin pilare, from pila (“column”).
Pronunciation
Noun
filar m inan
Declension
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Portuguese
Etymology
From earlier filhar (“to seize”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive) to grab; to seize; to catch; to take hold of
- Synonym: agarrar
- (Brazil, informal) to get for free
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Conjugation
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Spanish
Etymology
From filo.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (colloquial) to cotton on, be onto
Conjugation
Further reading
- “filar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
filar
Verb
filar
- (deprecated template usage) present tense of fila.
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