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masculine

/fil/

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Translation

thread, wire

Word origin

From Latin filum ('a thread'). The same root gives English 'file' (a thread on which papers were strung), 'filament' and 'profile'.

Origin: Latin
Root: filum
English cognates: filament, file

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralfils

Examples

cousu .

She sewed the button on with a red thread.

, .

Careful, this electric wire is dangerous.

Au , .

Over the course of the years, they became good friends.

J' .

I lost the thread of the conversation.

The cordless phone is sitting on the table.

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This word is part of lesson 25.