filin

Borrowed from Spanish filin, itself from English feeling.

filin (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre that emerged in late 1940s in La Habana, influenced by the melodic and expressive style of vocal jazz.

filin

1. definite genitive singular of fil

filin

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

filin m (plural filins)

1. (nautical) rope, cord

• “filin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From English feeling.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilin/ [ˈfi.lĩn]
• Rhymes: -ilin
• Syllabification: fi‧lin

filin m (uncountable)

1. (music) filin

• “filin”, 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