You can make 3 words from fil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of fil
fil ifl fli lfi ilf lif
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fil. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fil.
Definitions and meaning of fil
fil
Translingual
Symbol
fil
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Filipino.
Etymology 1
Of North Germanic origin, from Swedishfil. Also related to Finnishviili.
Noun
fil (uncountable)
A Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
fil (pluralfils)
(chess)Alternative form of alfil.
Anagrams
LIF, lif
Albanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfil/
Rhymes: -il
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkishفیل(fil).
Noun
filf (pluralfilaor(archaic)file)
elephant
Synonym:elefant
(chess) bishop
Synonym:oficer
Related terms
References
“fil i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 470a
Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “fil”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 159
Mann, S. E. (1948) “fil”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 107a
Meyer, G. (1891) “fiľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 104f.
Jungg, G. (1895) “fil”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 30
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
film (pluralfilë) (nautical)
gunwale
References
“fil i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][3] (in Albanian), 1980, page 470a
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabicفِيل(fīl).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fil/
Noun
fil (definite accusativefili, pluralfillər)
elephant
(chess) bishop
Declension
Descendants
→ Georgian: ფილ(pil) — Ingilo
See also
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latinfīlum, from Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈfil]
Rhymes: -il
Noun
film (pluralfils)
thread, wire
(Internet) discussion thread
Synonym:tema
Derived terms
Related terms
filar
Further reading
“fil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“fil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“fil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“fil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabicفِيل(fīl).
Noun
fil
elephant
(chess) bishop
Declension
Derived terms
fil balası
References
“fil”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latinfīlum.
Noun
film
thread, yarn, string
Related terms
filur
Danish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low Germanvīle, from Old Saxonfila, from Proto-Germanic*finhlō.
→ English: file(“collection of papers”) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
“fil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
film (apocopated)
Apocopic form of filo
Judeo-Tat
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɪl/
Noun
fil
elephant
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabicفِيل(fīl).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fiːl/
Noun
film (pluralfjiel)
(archaic) elephant
Synonym:ljunfant
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
fil
Alternative form of fille
Etymology 2
Verb
fil
Alternative form of fillen
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fiːl/
Rhymes: -iːl
Noun
filf or m (definite singularfilaorfilen, indefinite pluralfiler, definite pluralfilene)
A file.
A hand tool used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
A section of roadway for a single line of vehicles, a lane.
Derived terms
tekstfil
References
“fil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“fil_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“fil_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Swedish, from Old French. In the sense of a "computer file" it is borrowed from Englishfile. Both the English and Swedish origins ultimately derive from Latinfilum.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fil
imperative of file
References
“fil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
fli
Occitan
Etymology
From Latinfīlum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Limousin)[ˈfjaʷ]
IPA(key): (Auvergnat)[ˈfjɑʷ]
IPA(key): (Gascon)[ˈhiu̯]
IPA(key): (East Languedocien)[ˈfiu̯]
IPA(key): (West Languedocien)[ˈfil]
Noun
film (pluralfils)
thread
References
Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latinfīlium, accusative singular of fīlius. The nominative form fiz, fils (whence modern French fils), derives from the Latin nominative.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fil/, /fiʎ/
Noun
filoblique singular, m (oblique pluralfizorfilz, nominative singularfizorfilz, nominative pluralfil)
son (male child)
Descendants
Bourguignon: fi
Walloon: fi
See filz for descendants from the nominative singular inflection.
Etymology 2
From Latinfīlum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fil/
Noun
filoblique singular, m (oblique pluralfis, nominative singularfis, nominative pluralfil)
thread (fine strand of material)
Descendants
French: fil
Old Irish
Alternative forms
fail, feil, fel
fele, file(relative)
Etymology
Originally ·fil(“you see”) and ·feil(“one sees”). From Proto-Celtic*weleti(“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European*wél-e-ti(“see”), compare Welshgweled(“to see”). For the semantic development from "see" to "there is" compare Welsh dyma(“there is”) shortened from Middle Welsh wely di yma?(“do you see?”) or Frenchvoici(“here is”) from vois ci(“see here”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [fʲilʲ]
Verb
·fil
present progressive conjunct of at·tá
c.800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19c20
c.845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 26b7
fil
third-person singular present progressive relative of at·tá
c.800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77a15
c.800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 114b18
Usage notes
In the conjunct form, the logical subject appears in the accusative (or as an infixed object pronoun) in the oldest language. Examples:
cinin·fil(“although we are not”)
condib·feil(“so that you pl are”)
má nudub·feil(“if you pl are”)
nícon·ḟil nach rainn(“there is no part”)
nín·fil(“we are not”)
Related terms
do·fil
Descendants
Irish: bhfuil, níl
Manx: vel, nel
Scottish Gaelic: bheil, eil
Mutation
References
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
phil(alternative spelling)
Etymology
Apocopic form of filo or fillo. Perhaps influenced by forms akin to Old Occitanfil.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfil/
Noun
film (pluralfilosorfillos)
Apocopic form of filo, son, child
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsefíll, from Arabicفِيل(fīl), from Middle Persianpyl(pīl), Akkadian𒄠𒋛(pīru).
Noun
fīlm
elephant (Elephantidae)
Declension
Romagnol
Etymology
Inherited from Latinfīlum(“thread”).
Pronunciation
(Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈfiːl]
Noun
film (invariable)(Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)
thread
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
fȉlj
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkishفیل(fil) (modern Turkish fil), from Arabicفِيل(fīl), from Middle Persianpyl(pīl), from Akkadian𒄠𒋛(pīru). Akin to fìldiš.
“fil”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 668
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low Germanvīle, from Old Saxonfila, from Proto-West Germanic*fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic*finhlō. Cognate with Englishfile and GermanFeile.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fiːl/
Noun
filc
a file (a tool)
Declension
Related terms
bågfil
fila
filare
filklove
filning
filspån
järnfil
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “French file?”).
Row and lane (a row of vehicles) is one etymology, but as English file suggests computer file has a different etymology. However, the Swedish computer file is sometimes explained as a row of bytes, in attempt to shoehorn this new English loanword into the etymology of the existing word.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fiːl/
Noun
filc
a row of objects; most commonly used about moving objects
a section of roadway for a single line of vehicles, a lane
(computing) file
Declension
Related terms
row
defilera
lane
filkörning
filmarkering
computer file
fildelare
fildelning
filformat
filhanterare
filkatalog
filnamn
Etymology 3
Related to Icelandicþél(“fermented milk”), from Old Norseþéttr(“dense, tight”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fiːl/
Noun
filc (uncountable)
any product from a family of various (deliberately) soured milk products
abbreviation for filmjölk; a particular kind of fil as above
Declension
Related terms
filbunke
filmjölk
filpaket
gräddfil
långfil
lättfil
References
Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][4] (in Swedish), 1937
fil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
lif
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Englishfield.
Noun
fil
sportsfield
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishفیل(fil), from Arabicفِيل(fīl), from Persianپیل(pil) (and from alternate Ottoman Turkishپیل(pil), directly from Persianپیل(pil)), from Akkadian𒄠𒋛(pīru), related to Egyptianꜣbw (root of English elephant).