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Is filum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word filum is a Scrabble US word. The word filum is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

F4I1L1U1M3

Is filum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word filum is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

F4I1L1U1M3

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5-letter words (1 found)

FILUM,

4-letter words (4 found)

FILM,FLIM,MILF,MUIL,

3-letter words (5 found)

FIL,FLU,FUM,LUM,MIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

FU,IF,LI,MI,MU,UM,

You can make 16 words from filum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of filum

filum iflum flium lfium ilfum lifum fiulm ifulm fuilm ufilm iuflm uiflm fluim lfuim fulim uflim lufim ulfim ilufm liufm iulfm uilfm luifm ulifm filmu iflmu flimu lfimu ilfmu lifmu fimlu ifmlu fmilu mfilu imflu miflu flmiu lfmiu fmliu mfliu lmfiu mlfiu ilmfu limfu imlfu milfu lmifu mlifu fiuml ifuml fuiml ufiml iufml uifml fimul ifmul fmiul mfiul imful miful fumil ufmil fmuil mfuil umfil mufil iumfl uimfl imufl miufl umifl muifl flumi lfumi fulmi uflmi lufmi ulfmi flmui lfmui fmlui mflui lmfui mlfui fumli ufmli fmuli mfuli umfli mufli lumfi ulmfi lmufi mlufi umlfi mulfi ilumf liumf iulmf uilmf luimf ulimf ilmuf limuf imluf miluf lmiuf mliuf iumlf uimlf imulf miulf umilf muilf lumif ulmif lmuif mluif umlif mulif

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Definitions and meaning of filum

filum

Etymology

From Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of file.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪləm/
  • Homophone: phylum

Noun

filum (plural fila)

  1. (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure

Indonesian

Noun

filum (first-person possessive filumku, second-person possessive filummu, third-person possessive filumnya)

  1. (taxonomy) phylum: A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew”). Cognate with Lithuanian gysla (“vein; thread; nerve”), Proto-Slavic *žìla (“vein; sinew”), Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil, “sinew”), Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “bowstring”), Welsh gïau (“sinews”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.lum/, [ˈfiːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.lum/, [ˈfiːlum]

Noun

fīlum n (genitive fīlī); second declension

  1. thread, string, filament, fiber
  2. texture, style, nature
  3. wick of a lamp

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

  • (wick): mergulus

Descendants

References

  • “filum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “filum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • filum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • filum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phylum.

Noun

filum n (plural filumuri)

  1. (taxonomy) phylum

Declension

References

  • filum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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