filer

filer

See also: Filer

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English filer

    From file + -er.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    filer (plural filers)

    1. One who files something.
      • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
        Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, […]
    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 fīlāre. Derivable from fil +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    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?
      Elle m'a filé des classes d'anglais.
      She gave me some English classes.
    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

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative filer filerul fileri filerii
    genitive-dative filer filerului fileri filerilor
    vocative filerule filerilor

    Swedish

    Noun

    filer

    1. indefinite plural of fil
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