filer
See also: Filer
English
Etymology
file + -er
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
filer (plural filers)
- Agent noun of file; one who files something.
- (computing) A software program for managing files.
- 1983, InfoWorld (volume 5, number 9, 28 February 1983, page 28)
- The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.
- 1983, InfoWorld (volume 5, number 9, 28 February 1983, page 28)
Derived terms
- e-filer
Related terms
- rank-and-filer
References
- OED2
Anagrams
- Friel, flier, lifer, rifle
French
Etymology
From Late Latin filāre, from Latin fīlum. Compare Occitan filar (Gascon Occitan hilar) and Catalan filar, Italian filare, Portuguese fiar, Spanish hilar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.le/
Audio (file)
Verb
filer
- (transitive) to spin (a web)
- (transitive) to thread through (a crowd)
- (intransitive) to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
- (intransitive, informal) to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through
- Synonyms: se tailler, se barrer, se casser
- (transitive, informal) to pass, to hand, to give
- Synonyms: passer, donner
- Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s'il-te-plaît ?
- Can you gimme the salt, please?
- (nautical, transitive) to ease a line
- (transitive) (police) to tail, track
Conjugation
Conjugation of filer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | filer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | filant /fi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | filé /fi.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | file /fil/ | files /fil/ | file /fil/ | filons /fi.lɔ̃/ | filez /fi.le/ | filent /fil/ |
| imperfect | filais /fi.lɛ/ | filais /fi.lɛ/ | filait /fi.lɛ/ | filions /fi.ljɔ̃/ | filiez /fi.lje/ | filaient /fi.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | filai /fi.le/ | filas /fi.la/ | fila /fi.la/ | filâmes /fi.lam/ | filâtes /fi.lat/ | filèrent /fi.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | filerai /fil.ʁe/ | fileras /fil.ʁa/ | filera /fil.ʁa/ | filerons /fil.ʁɔ̃/ | filerez /fil.ʁe/ | fileront /fil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | filerais /fil.ʁɛ/ | filerais /fil.ʁɛ/ | filerait /fil.ʁɛ/ | filerions /fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | fileriez /fi.lə.ʁje/ | fileraient /fil.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | file /fil/ | files /fil/ | file /fil/ | filions /fi.ljɔ̃/ | filiez /fi.lje/ | filent /fil/ |
| imperfect2 | filasse /fi.las/ | filasses /fi.las/ | filât /fi.la/ | filassions /fi.la.sjɔ̃/ | filassiez /fi.la.sje/ | filassent /fi.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | file /fil/ | — | filons /fi.lɔ̃/ | filez /fi.le/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- filer à l'anglaise
- filer du mauvais coton
- filer par le bout
- filer un mauvais coton
- métaphore filée
Further reading
- “filer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rifle, riflé
Romanian
Etymology
From Hungarian fillér.
Noun
filer m (plural fileri)
- fillér
Declension
Declension of filer
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) filer | filerul | (niște) fileri | filerii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) filer | filerului | (unor) fileri | filerilor |
| vocative | filerule | filerilor | ||
Swedish
Noun
filer
- indefinite plural of fil.