filière

See also: filiere

French

Etymology

fil +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

filière f (plural filières)

1. industry

   la filière bovine ― the beef industry

2. creance (in falconry)
3. die (in manufacturing)
4. spinneret (of a spider)
5. course of events
6. ring (of people, for example in drug dealing)

Further reading

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