different between thread vs filar

English

Alternative forms

• thred (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þr?d, from Proto-Germanic *þr?duz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh?-tu-s, from *terh?- (“rub, twist”). Cognates with Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), West Frisian tried, Dutch draad, German Draht, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish tråd, and Icelandic þráður. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh (“twist, turn”). More at throw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d/
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): [?????d]
• Rhymes: -?d
• Hyphenation: thread

Noun

thread (plural threads)

1. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
2. A continued theme or idea.

   Synonym: topic

3. (engineering) A screw thread.
4. A sequence of connections.
5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
8. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
9. (figuratively) Composition; quality; fineness.

   • A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

thread (third-person singular simple present threads, present participle threading, simple past threaded or (archaic) thrid, past participle threaded or (archaic) thridden)

1. (transitive) To put thread through.

   thread a needle

2. (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
   • 2013, Ben Smith, "[1]", BBC Sport, 19 October 2013:

     Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.

3. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt

Derived terms

• threaded (as adjective)
• multithreaded

Translations

See also

• sewing needle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• thread on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dehart, dareth, dearth, hatred, hetdar

French

Etymology

From English thread.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /t??d/
• (France) IPA^(key): /s??d/

Noun

thread m (plural threads)

1. (anglicism, computing) Thread
2. (anglicism, Internet) Thread

Synonyms

• (computing) fil d'exécution, processus léger
• (Internet) fil de discussion, fil d'intérêt

Italian

Etymology

From English thread.

Noun

thread m (invariable)

1. (Internet) thread (series of messages)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English thread.

Noun

thread f (plural threads)

1. (computing) thread (one of several units of execution running concurrently)

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.