different between column vs filar

English

Etymology

From Middle English columne, columpne, columpe, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Akin to Latin collis (“a hill”), celsus (“high”), probably to Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n, “top, summit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?l?m/
• (General American), (Ireland) enPR: k?l??m, IPA^(key): /?k?l?m/
• (General American, rare), (Ireland) enPR: k?l?j?m, IPA^(key): /?k?lj?m/
• Hyphenation: col?umn
• Rhymes: -?l?m

Noun

column (plural columns)

1. (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
2. A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
3. A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
4. A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

5. A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

6. (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.

7. Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
8. (botany) The gynostemium
9. (chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

Synonyms

• (upright structure): post, pillar, sile

Antonyms

• (line of table entries): row (which is horizontal)

Hypernyms

• (upright structure): beam

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• column in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• column in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Latin filum (“a thread”).

Adjective

filar (comparative more filar, superlative most filar)

1. Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.

   a filar microscope

   a filar micrometer

Anagrams

• flair, frail

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin filare.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fi?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fi?la?/
• Rhymes: -a(?)

Verb

filar (first-person singular present filo, past participle filat)

1. (transitive) to spin (a thread)
2. (transitive) to suss out

Conjugation

Derived terms

• filar prim

Related terms

• fil

Further reading

• “filar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “filar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “filar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “filar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fi?.l?(r)/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

filar m

1. indefinite plural of file
2. (non-standard since 1983) indefinite plural of fil (“computer file; driving lane”)

Verb

filar

1. present tense of fila

Anagrams

• flira, rifla

Polish

Etymology

From Latin pilare, from pila (“column”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?i.lar/

Noun

filar m inan

1. pillar

Declension

Further reading

• filar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier filhar (“to seize”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.?la(?)/

Verb

filar (first-person singular present indicative filo, past participle filado)

1. (transitive) to grab; to seize; to catch; to take hold of

   Synonym: agarrar

2. (Brazil, informal) to get for free
3. (Brazil, informal, dialectal) to cheat on an exam or test.
4. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of filar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of filar
6. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of filar
7. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of filar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From filo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?la?/, [fi?la?]

Verb

filar (first-person singular present filo, first-person singular preterite filé, past participle filado)

1. (colloquial) to cotton on, be onto

Conjugation

Further reading

• “filar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

filar

1. indefinite plural of fil

Verb

filar

1. present tense of fila.