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Etymology 1
Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Noun
file (plural files)
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- A roll or list.
- Course of thought; thread of narration.
- (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
Verb
file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)
- (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
- (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order
- (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
- (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
Etymology 2
French file, from filer, “to spin out”, “arrange one behind another”, Latin f?l?re, from filum, “thread”.
Noun
file (plural files)
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
- (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
- (chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
Verb
file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)
- (intransitive) To move in a file.
Etymology 3
From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English f?l, f?ol (“file”), from earlier f?il, from Proto-Germanic *finhl?, *finhil? (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”).
Noun
file (plural files)
- 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.
- (slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
Verb
file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)
Etymology 4
From Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English f?lan (“to defile, make foul”), from Proto-Germanic *f?lijan? (“to make foul”). More at defile.
Verb
file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)
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