filé

(Engels)

Verb

past participle of filer

Noun

1. (masculine) simple or twisted textile thread, as used for needlework
2. (masculine) fine, equivalent precious metal thread, used in luxury production
3. (Louisiana, masculine) dried and ground sassafras leaves used to spice and thicken gumbo

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. (informal, intransitive) to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through
5. (informal, transitive) to pass, to hand, to give
6. (transitive) to ease a line
7. (transitive) (police) to tail, track
8. (Louisiana, transitive) to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fi.le/

Etymologie (Engels)

From filer (“to turn into (a) thread(s)”), from Latin fīlāre, from fīlum (“thread”).

Synoniemen

filée

Vertalingen

filato

yarn

🧶

hebra

🧵

spun

Garn

przędza

thread

🧵

gesponnen

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