Grammatical class

Verb

filer

(transitive) to spin (a web)

Details

Syllables

fi-ler

Phonetics

fi.le

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

2466

Freq. (movies)

1771

Freq. (news)

7106

Sentences

Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s’il-te-plaît ?

Can you gimme the salt, please?

A1

Je dois filer !

I've got to dash!

A1

Arrête de filer.

Stop spinning.

A1

Il est tard. Je dois filer.

It's late. I've got to be off.

A1

Il m'a dit qu'il devait filer.

He told me he had to split.

A1

Ne laissons pas filer cette occasion.

Let's not let this opportunity slip away.

A2

Tout à l'heure, j'ai vu Tom filer à l'anglaise.

I saw Tom take a French leave moments ago.

A2

- Il a averti le préfet ? - Parbleu, et le préfet a donné l’ordre aux camarades de vous filer.

- He warned the Prefect? - Hell, the Prefect ordered his lads to shadow you.

B1