different between foiler vs filer

English

Etymology

foil +? -er

Noun

foiler (plural foilers)

1. One who foils or frustrates.

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Anagrams

• folier, forlie

English

Etymology

file +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?fa?l?/
• Rhymes: -a?l?(?)

Noun

filer (plural filers)

1. Agent noun of file; one who files something.
2. (computing) A software program for managing files.
   • 1983, InfoWorld (volume 5, number 9, 28 February 1983, page 28)

     The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.

References

• OED2

Anagrams

• Friel, flier, lifer, rifle

French

Etymology

From Late Latin fil?re, from Latin f?lum. Compare Italian filare, Portuguese fiar, Spanish hilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.le/

Verb

filer

1. (transitive) to spin (a web)
2. (transitive) to thread through (a crowd)
3. (intransitive) to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
4. (intransitive, informal) to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through

   Synonyms: se tailler, se barrer, se casser

5. (transitive, informal) to pass, to hand, to give

   Synonyms: passer, donner

6. (nautical, transitive) to ease a line

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “filer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rifle, riflé

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian fillér

Noun

filer m (plural fileri)

1. fillér

Declension

Swedish

Noun

filer

1. indefinite plural of fil