filé

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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Pronounced as (IPA)

/fi.le/

Etymology

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

Concepts

yarn

🧶

spun

thread

🧵

Synonyms

filée

Translations

filato

hebra

🧵

Garn

gesponnen

ανέκδοτο

przędza