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The French word for thread is
fil





thread

Plural

The plural of fil is fils.

French Definition


thread
     1. n. Fil.
     2. n. Informatique Activité, fil d'exécution, de discussion.
     3. n. (Technique) Filet, filetage ou pas d'une vis ou d'un taraudage.
     4. n. (Photographie) Guidage, action de guider un film photographique ou cinématographique le long d'un passage désigné, dans un appareil photo, une caméra ou un projecteur.
     5. n. (Textile) Fil ou filé.
     6. v. Enfiler (par ex. : Le chas d'une aiguille).
     7. v. Passer à travers une série d'obstacles.

Translations for thread and their definitions

enfiler
     1. v. to thread (a needle)
     2. v. to string, to sling (put on a string or sling)
     3. v. to put on (clothes)
     4. v. (vulgar) to hump, to screw


fil
     1. n-m. yarn, thread, wire
           ne tenir qu'à un fil - to hang by a thread
     2. n-m. grain (of wood etc.)
     3. n-m. edge (of blade, razor etc.)


filetage
     1. n-m. screw thread


filet
     1. n-m. trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
     2. n-m. fillet, filet (of meat)
     3. n-m. (anatomy) frenulum, frenum
     4. n-m. (typography) rule
     5. n-m. (architecture) fillet, listel
     6. n-m. (fishing, sports) net
     7. n-m. (used for carrying groceries) net


filer
     1. v. to spin (a web)
     2. v. to thread through (a crowd)
     3. v. to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
     4. v. to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through
     5. v. to pass, to hand, to give
           Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s'il-te-plaît ? - Can you gimme the salt, please?
     6. v. (nautical, transitive) to ease a line
     7. v. (police) to tail, track
     8. v. to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder


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