lafile
feminine
/fil/
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Translation
queue, line; lane
Word origin
From Latin filum ('thread'), via the sense of things strung in a line. The same root gives English 'file' (a line or a row) and 'filament'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- filum
- English cognates
- file, filament
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralfiles
Examples
.
There was a long queue in front of the cinema.
'attente.
We waited an hour in the queue.
l'autoroute.
The cars were driving in a line on the motorway.
, ' .
Take your place in the queue, please.
fourmis .
A line of ants was crossing the path.
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