filer

See also:Filer

English

Etymology

Fromfile+‎-er.

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈfaɪlɚ/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

filer(pluralfilers)

1. Agent nounoffile;one who files something.
2. (computing)Asoftwareprogram for managingfiles.
   • 1983February 28,InfoWorld,volume 5, number 9, page28:

     Thefilerallows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.

Derived terms

• e-filer

Related terms

• rank-and-filer

References

• OED2

Anagrams

• Friel,flier,lifer,rifle

French

Etymology

InheritedfromLate Latinfīlāre.Derivable fromfil+‎-er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/fi.le/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

filer

1. (transitive)tospin(a web)
2. (transitive)tothreadthrough(a crowd)
3. (intransitive)tospinathread(of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
4. (intransitive,informal)toleave,toget going,toscram,toslip through

   Synonyms:se tailler,se barrer,se casser

5. (transitive,informal)topass,tohand,togive

   Synonyms:passer,donner

   Tu pourrais mefilerle sel, s’il-te-plaît?

   Can you gimme the salt, please?

6. (nautical,transitive)toeasea line
7. (transitive)(police)totail,track
   • 1920,Maurice Leblanc,Les Dents du tigre‎^{fr.Wikisource}:

     - Il a averti le préfet? - Parbleu, et le préfet a donné l’ordre aux camarades de vousfiler.

     - He warned the Prefect? - Hell, the Prefect ordered his lads toshadowyou.

8. (transitive,Louisiana)toseasonandthickengumbowithfilépowder

Conjugation

Conjugation offiler(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	filer
	compound	avoir+ past participle
present participleorgerund1	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 ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative ofavoir+ past participle
	past anterior2	past historic ofavoir+ past participle
	future perfect	future ofavoir+ past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional ofavoir+ 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 ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	file /fil/	—	filons /fi.lɔ̃/	filez /fi.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	—	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	—
1The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
2In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French,pp.77,78,79,81).

Derived terms

• filer à l’anglaise
• filer du mauvais coton
• filer entre les doigts
• filer par le bout
• filer un mauvais coton
• métaphore filée

Further reading

• “filer”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• rifle,riflé

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromHungarianfillér.

Noun

filerm(pluralfileri)

1. fillér

Declension

Declension offiler

	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

1. indefinitepluraloffil