/faɪl/
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Translation
A folder for keeping papers together, or a set of information kept on a computer.
Word origin
From Latin filum, meaning a thread, because papers used to be kept in order on a string.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- filum
- English cognates
- profile, filament
Grammar
Gender
Pluralfiles
Examples
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"File" here means the folder holding her papers.
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"File" can also mean information kept on a computer.
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"Files" is the plural form.
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