filer

See also: Filer

English

Etymology

file +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪlɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

filer (plural filers)

  1. Agent noun of file; one who files something.
  2. (computing) A software program for managing files.
    • 1983 February 28, InfoWorld, volume 5, number 9, page 28:
      The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.

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References
  • OED2

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French

Etymology

Inherited 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

  1. (transitive) to spin (a web)
  2. (transitive) to thread through (a crowd)
  3. (intransitive) to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
  4. (intransitive, informal) to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through
    Synonyms: se tailler, se barrer, se casser
  5. (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?
  6. (nautical, transitive) to ease a line
  7. (transitive) (police) to tail, track
    • 1920, Maurice Leblanc, Les Dents du tigre‎fr.Wikisource:
      - Il a averti le préfet ? - Parbleu, et le préfet a donné l’ordre aux camarades de vous filer.
      - He warned the Prefect? - Hell, the Prefect ordered his lads to shadow you.
  8. (transitive, Louisiana) to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian fillér.

Noun

filer m (plural fileri)

  1. 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

  1. indefinite plural of fil
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