# fila
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaɪlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: phyla

### Noun

fila
* plural of filum

### Anagrams

* -afil, Fail, alif, fail

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.

#### Noun

fila f (plural files)
* file
* row
* (chess) rank

##### Derived terms

* en fila
* fila índia

##### Related terms

* fil
* desfilar

#### Further reading

* “fila” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fila
* inflection of filar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From filo (“son”) + -a (“adjectival marker”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfila]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ila
* Hyphenation: fi‧la

### Adjective

fila (accusative singular filan, plural filaj, accusative plural filajn)
* filial (in the case of the son)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

fila
* third-person singular past historic of filer

### Anagrams

* alif

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfi.la/
* Rhymes: -ila
* Hyphenation: fì‧la

### Etymology 1

Probably from filo, or from Latin fila, plural of filum. Compare French file, Portuguese fila.

#### Noun

fila f (plural file)
* line, rank
* (masonry) row, course (a row of bricks or blocks)
* queue (British), line (US)
    Synonym: coda

##### Related terms

* filo

#### Noun

fila f
* plural of filo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fila
* inflection of filare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* alif

## Latin
### Noun

fīla n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fīlum

### References

* "fila", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese filha.

### Noun

fila (masculine filo, plural fila-fila)
* daughter

#### Usage notes

* Not to be confused with filâ (“to clutch; to grab”).

#### Derived terms

* filo-fila (“children”, literally “son-daughter”)

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#f

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

fila f
* definite singular of fil

### Verb

fila
* inflection of file:
** past tense
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

fila (present tense filar/filer, past tense fila/filte, past participle fila/filt, passive infinitive filast, present participle filande, imperative fila/fil)
* Alternative form of file

### Noun

fila
* definite singular of fil

### References

* “fila” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfi.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -ilɐ
* Homophone: filha (Madeira)
* Hyphenation: fi‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

#### Noun

fila f (plural filas)
* queue (line of people)
* queue (waiting list)
* (computing) queue (FIFO data structure)

##### Related terms

* fio

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fila
* inflection of filar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “fila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Fülle.

### Noun

fȉla f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏ла)
* (regional) stuffing
    Synonym: nadjev

#### Related terms

* filati

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfila/ [ˈfi.la]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: fi‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French file.

#### Noun

fila f (plural filas)
* line, row, rank, file
* queue (British), line (US)
    Synonym: cola
* (chess) rank

##### Derived terms

* cerrar filas
* en fila
* fila india
* romper filas

##### Related terms

* filo
* hilo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fila
* inflection of filar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “fila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “fila”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Swahili
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “TUKI and bab.la suggest English (but what word? foul? vice? vile?) but could it be from Arabic, e.g. سَافِل (sāfil)?”

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

fila class IX (plural fila class X)
* evil, vice

## Swedish
### Etymology

fil +‎ -a

### Verb

fila (present filar, preterite filade, supine filat, imperative fila)
* to file (smooth, grind, or cut with a file)
* (figuratively, with på) to work on or polish (something)
    fila på ett manifestwork on a manifesto

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* nedfila

### References

* fila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tetum
### Verb

fila
* to turn

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Ultimately from Hausa fū̀lā, perhaps through Nupe fùla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fì.là/

### Noun

fìlà
* hat, cap (in particular) the traditional Yoruba caps worn by males.
    Synonyms: ètú, àkòó