• Dutch: opslaan
• Finnish: tallentaa
• Japanese: 保存する (hozon-suru)

• Danish: kø
• Esperanto: vico
• Finnish: rivi
• German: Reihe
• Japanese: 列
• Korean: 줄 (jul, jur)
• Maltese: ringiela
• Portuguese: fila
• Russian: колонна (kolónna) , вереница (verenítsa)
• Slovene: kolona
• Swedish: fil, kö

• Japanese: 列

Derived terms

• Indian file
• rank and file, rank-and-file
• single file, single-file

Verb

1. To move in a file

Etymology 3

Old English feol. Cognate with Dutch vijl, German Feile.

Noun

1. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal
2. In the context of "slang|archaic": A man, guy, fellow; especially one known for being cunning or resourceful.

Translations

Verb

1. to smooth, grind, or cut with a file

   I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.

Translations

Derived terms

• file snake
• filing
• nail-file
• rat-tail file

Dutch

Noun

file

1. traffic jam

Synonyms

• opstopping

Esperanto

Etymology

fil- + -e

Adverb

file

1. filially (in a filial manner or way)

Finnish

Noun

file

1. filet

French

Pronunciation

• /fil/
• /fil/

Noun

file

1. line
2. traffic jam

Synonyms

• bouchon (2)

Irish

Noun

file

1. poet

Declension

Italian

Noun

file

1. Plural of fila

file

1. In the context of "computing|lang=it": file

Kurdish

Noun

file

1. Christian

File has several meanings:

• File folder used to organize documents
• Filing cabinet
• Computer file
• File (tool)
• A nail file
• Filing (legal)
• Filing (manufacturing process)
• File (formation) Military term for a single column of men one in front of the other. See also Rank (formation)
• File (chess)
• file URI scheme
• file (Unix), a utility used to determine file types.
• The File menu
• filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
• File sharing
• an Irish poet, see fili
• FILE - Electronic Language International Festival is an Art & Technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil.

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