fila

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophone: phyla

fila

1. plural of filum

• -afil, Fail, alif, fail

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.

fila f (plural files)

1. file
2. row
3. (chess) rank

• en fila
• fila índia

• fil
• desfilar

• “fila”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

fila

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From filo (“son”) + -a (“adjectival marker”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfila/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: fi‧la

fila (accusative singular filan, plural filaj, accusative plural filajn)

1. filial (in the case of the son)

• IPA^(key): /fi.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

fila

1. third-person singular past historic of filer

• alif

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: fì‧la

Probably from filo, or from Latin fila, plural of filum. Compare French file, Portuguese fila.

fila f (plural file)

1. line, rank
2. (masonry) row, course (a row of bricks or blocks)
3. queue (British), line (US)

   Synonym: coda

• filo

fila f

1. plural of filo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fila

1. inflection of filare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• alif

fīla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fīlum

• "fila", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Portuguese filha.

fila (masculine filo, plural fila-fila)

1. daughter

• Not to be confused with filâ (“to clutch; to grab”).

• filo-fila (“children”, literally “son-daughter”)

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#f

fila f

1. definite singular of fil

fila

1. inflection of file:
   1. past tense
   2. past participle

fila (present tense filar/filer, past tense fila/filte, past participle fila/filt, passive infinitive filast, present participle filande, imperative fila/fil)

1. alternative form of file

fila

1. definite singular of fil

• “fila” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /fʲiːlʲa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /fʲilʲa/

fila f

1. alternative form of chwila

• Rhymes: -ilɐ
• Homophone: filha (Madeira)
• Hyphenation: fi‧la

Borrowed from French file.^[1]

fila f (plural filas)

1. queue (line of people)
2. queue (waiting list)
3. (computing) queue (FIFO data structure)

• fio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fila

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from German Fülle.

fȉla f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏ла)

1. (regional) stuffing

   Synonym: nadjev

• filati

• IPA^(key): /ˈfila/ [ˈfi.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: fi‧la

Borrowed from French file.

fila f (plural filas)

1. line, row, rank, file
2. queue (British), line (US)

   Synonym: cola

3. (chess) rank

fila

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “fila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “fila”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

fila class IX (plural fila class X)

1. evil, vice

fil +‎ -a

fila (present filar, preterite filade, supine filat, imperative fila)

1. to file (smooth, grind, or cut with a file)
2. (figuratively, with på) to work on or polish (something)

   fila på ett manifest

   work on a manifesto

• nedfila

• fila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

fila

1. to turn

Ultimately from Hausa fū̀lā, perhaps through Nupe fùla.

• IPA^(key): /fì.là/

fìlà

1. hat, cap (in particular) the traditional Yoruba caps worn by males.

   Synonyms: ètú, àkòó