lefil
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 bouton .
She sewed the button on with a red thread.
, électrique .
Careful, this electric wire is dangerous.
, .
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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