File in Different Languages
Discover 'File' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
File
Afrikaans lêer | ||
Albanian dosje | ||
Amharic ፋይል | ||
Arabic ملف | ||
Armenian ֆայլ | ||
Assamese ফাইল | ||
Aymara archiwu | ||
Azerbaijani fayl | ||
Bambara papiye | ||
Basque fitxategia | ||
Belarusian файл | ||
Bengali ফাইল | ||
Bhojpuri फाइल | ||
Bosnian file | ||
Bulgarian файл | ||
Catalan dossier | ||
Cebuano file | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 文件 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 文件 | ||
Corsican schedariu | ||
Croatian datoteka | ||
Czech soubor | ||
Danish fil | ||
Dhivehi ފައިލް | ||
Dogri फाइल | ||
Dutch het dossier | ||
English file | ||
Esperanto dosiero | ||
Estonian faili | ||
Ewe agbalẽ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) file | ||
Finnish tiedosto | ||
French fichier | ||
Frisian map | ||
Galician arquivo | ||
Georgian ფაილი | ||
German datei | ||
Greek αρχείο | ||
Guarani tapykuererekahai | ||
Gujarati ફાઇલ | ||
Haitian Creole dosye | ||
Hausa fayil | ||
Hawaiian faila | ||
Hebrew קוֹבֶץ | ||
Hindi फ़ाइल | ||
Hmong ntawv | ||
Hungarian fájl | ||
Icelandic skjal | ||
Igbo faịlụ | ||
Ilocano urnosen | ||
Indonesian mengajukan | ||
Irish comhad | ||
Italian file | ||
Japanese ファイル | ||
Javanese ngajukake | ||
Kannada ಫೈಲ್ | ||
Kazakh файл | ||
Khmer ឯកសារ | ||
Kinyarwanda dosiye | ||
Konkani उजो | ||
Korean 파일 | ||
Krio fayl | ||
Kurdish dosî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فایل | ||
Kyrgyz файл | ||
Lao ແຟ້ມ | ||
Latin lima | ||
Latvian failu | ||
Lingala dosie | ||
Lithuanian failą | ||
Luganda fayilo | ||
Luxembourgish datei | ||
Macedonian досие | ||
Maithili फाइल | ||
Malagasy rakitra | ||
Malay fail | ||
Malayalam ഫയൽ | ||
Maltese fajl | ||
Maori konae | ||
Marathi फाईल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯏ ꯄꯥꯎ ꯈꯣꯝꯖꯤꯟꯗꯨꯅ ꯊꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo lehkha pawimawh | ||
Mongolian файл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖိုင် | ||
Nepali फाईल | ||
Norwegian fil | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) fayilo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫାଇଲ୍ | | ||
Oromo dosee | ||
Pashto دوتنه | ||
Persian فایل | ||
Polish plik | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) arquivo | ||
Punjabi ਫਾਈਲ | ||
Quechua kipu | ||
Romanian fişier | ||
Russian файл | ||
Samoan faila | ||
Sanskrit संचिका | ||
Scots Gaelic faidhle | ||
Sepedi faele | ||
Serbian датотека | ||
Sesotho faele | ||
Shona faira | ||
Sindhi فائيل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගොනුව | ||
Slovak spis | ||
Slovenian mapa | ||
Somali faylka | ||
Spanish archivo | ||
Sundanese file | ||
Swahili faili | ||
Swedish fil | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) file | ||
Tajik файл | ||
Tamil கோப்பு | ||
Tatar файл | ||
Telugu ఫైల్ | ||
Thai ไฟล์ | ||
Tigrinya መዝገብ | ||
Tsonga fayili | ||
Turkish dosya | ||
Turkmen faýl | ||
Twi (Akan) faale | ||
Ukrainian файл | ||
Urdu فائل | ||
Uyghur ھۆججەت | ||
Uzbek fayl | ||
Vietnamese tập tin | ||
Welsh ffeil | ||
Xhosa ifayile | ||
Yiddish טעקע | ||
Yoruba faili | ||
Zulu ifayela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "lêer" comes from the Dutch "leer" and can also refer to a class, course of study, or lesson. |
| Albanian | The word "dosje" in Albanian is derived from the French word "dossier" and can also refer to a briefcase or folder. |
| Amharic | The word "ፋይል" in Amharic can also refer to a rope or string, or a line or row. |
| Arabic | Arabic "ملف" derives from Latin "folium" via French "feuille", meaning both "file" and "leaf of a book." |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ֆայլ" can also mean "folder" or "directory" in a computer system. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "fayl" in Azerbaijani also means "elephant" and is derived from the Arabic word "fīl" with the same meaning. |
| Basque | In ancient Basque, fitxategi referred to a specific type of archive, kept in the castle tower, and meant "written document archive". |
| Belarusian | The word "файл" in Belarusian, aside from meaning a "file" in English, may also refer to "a folder". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "ফাইল" (file) can also refer to a row or line, such as in a spreadsheet or table. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian 'fajla' has an alternate meaning of 'line' or 'row' |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "файл" can also mean "archive" or "dossier". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "dossier" comes from the French word "dossier", which in turn comes from the Latin word "dos", meaning "back". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "file" also means a row |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "文件" can also mean "document" or "proof" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 文件 (wénjiàn) in Traditional Chinese, also means "document" in its alternate meaning. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "schedariu" comes from the Latin "schedula", meaning "small piece of paper". |
| Croatian | The word "datoteka" is a portmanteau of "data" and "oteka", which means "shelf" or "compartment" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "soubor" in Czech also means "collection, group, or set" and comes from the verb "sbírat" (to collect). |
| Danish | The Danish word "fil" also means "elephant", likely deriving from the old Danish "filephant" which itself originated with Latin "elephantus". |
| Dutch | The word "dossier" dates back to the 13th century and originally referred to a collection of documents tied together with a ribbon. |
| Esperanto | "Dosiero" also means "the part of the body where one wears clothes" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "faili" can also refer to a folder, directory or a case in court in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "tiedosto" in Finnish derives from "tieto" (data) and "osto" (purchase), originally referring to purchasing data from a computer vendor. |
| French | The word "fichier" also means "a list of documents or items kept in one place". |
| Frisian | The noun "map" also means "a group of horses" in Frisian. |
| Galician | "Arquivo" is also used in Galician to refer to the storage organ of the nervous system of mollusks. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ფაილი" (file) is a loanword from the English word "file", which has several meanings in the English language. |
| German | In German, "Datei" also refers to a quantity of a commodity, a batch, or a set. |
| Greek | The word αρχείο derives from the verb αρχίζω, meaning "to begin," and originally referred to a beginning or introduction to a book. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ફાઇલ" can also refer to a "drawer in a desk" and is cognate to the English "file", both being ultimately derived from the Latin "filum", meaning "thread or wire." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "dosye" can also refer to a case, a record, or a set of documents. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "fayil" can also refer to a folder or directory for managing files or a document containing information or instructions. |
| Hawaiian | "Faila" in Hawaiian can also refer to a rasp, grater, or a saw, especially one used for sharpening or smoothing. |
| Hebrew | The word "קוֹבֶץ" also means "collection" or "compendium" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, the word "फ़ाइल" can also refer to an application on a computer or a group of documents or data stored together. |
| Hmong | The word "ntawv" can be written using the Chinese character "刀" (knife), representing its function as a cutting tool. |
| Hungarian | The word "fájl" also means "pain" in Hungarian, and originates from the Latin "flagellum", meaning "whip". |
| Icelandic | The word "skjal" is also used to refer to a legal document or a record of some sort |
| Igbo | Igbo word "faịlụ" also means "bundle" or "group" in some contexts. |
| Indonesian | "Mengajukan" can also mean "to propose" or "to submit." |
| Irish | The Irish word "comhad" also has the alternate meaning of "a bond, obligation or debt to another". |
| Italian | The Italian word "fila" can also mean a "queue" or a "line". |
| Japanese | "ファイル" also means "line" or "row" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Ngajukake" in Javanese can also refer to the process of submitting documents or a request to a superior or official. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಫೈಲ್' can also mean 'to fall' or 'to drop' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "файл" in Kazakh also means "a row" or "a line". |
| Khmer | "ឯកសារ" derives from Sanskrit "ekasāra", meaning "essence" or "summary", and can also refer to a collection of documents or a computer file. |
| Korean | The Korean word "파일" (file) can also mean "heap" or "pile". |
| Kurdish | The word "dosî" in Kurdish can also refer to a criminal record or a folder containing documents. |
| Kyrgyz | Файл (Kyrgyz) means 'folder', from Russian 'папка' |
| Lao | The word ແຟ້ມ (file) is derived from the French word "feuille", meaning "sheet". |
| Latin | The Latin word "lima" also refers to a snail fish or a type of bean. |
| Latvian | The word “failu” (file) in Latvian also means “to fall” or “to drop” in its primary meaning. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "failą" can also refer to a collection of documents or a stack of papers. |
| Luxembourgish | The term 'Datei' originates from the German language, where it carries the connotation of a collection of related documents or items, stored as a cohesive unit. |
| Macedonian | The word "досие" is derived from the French word "dossier", which originally meant "a collection of papers tied together". |
| Malagasy | The word rakitra in Malagasy can also mean 'a set of things arranged in a row', and is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word 'rekhā' meaning 'line'. |
| Malay | "Fail" also means "layer" or "row" in Malay, as in a "row of plants." |
| Malayalam | The word "ഫയൽ" in Malayalam can also mean "a line or row". |
| Maltese | The word "fajl" in Maltese is borrowed from Arabic and has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'konae' can also refer to a type of bird known as the 'takahe' or a 'line of people'. |
| Marathi | The word "फाईल" (file) in Marathi can also refer to a row or line in a document or table. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "файл" also means "folder, directory" and is derived from the Russian word "файл" with the same meaning. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Burmese, the word "ဖိုင်" does not just mean "file"—it can also refer to a "suit" (as in a deck of playing cards). |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "फाईल" (file) can also mean a "line" or a "row". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "fil" can also refer to a male elephant. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Fayilo" is derived from the English word "file" but can also colloquially refer to a folder. |
| Pashto | "دوتنه" is also used in the sense of 'a rank or row' in Pashto |
| Persian | The word "فایل" in Persian can also mean "elephant" or "a single row of soldiers." |
| Polish | In Polish, "plik" can also refer to a fold or a crease, as in the phrase "plik w papierze" (a fold in the paper). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese term "arquivo" shares etymological roots with "archaeology", as both words ultimately derive from the Greek "arkheion", meaning "an administrative building". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਫਾਈਲ" can also refer to the act of filing documents, or to a document that is part of a legal case. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "fișier" derives from the French word "fichier", which ultimately comes from the Latin word "filum" (thread). |
| Russian | The Russian word "файл" can also refer to a line or a queue. |
| Samoan | The word fai also means ‘thing' or ‘item' but the most common meaning is ‘file'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word “faidhle” can also mean “evidence” or a “proof of debt”. |
| Serbian | Although "досије" is the primary term for file in Serbian, "датотека" is used to refer specifically to computer files. |
| Sesotho | The word "faele" can also refer to a row or line of people or objects. |
| Shona | "faira" can also mean "to file documents" or "to sharpen an axe or hoe" |
| Sindhi | The word "فائيل" ("file") in Sindhi comes from the Arabic word "fail", meaning "to arrange". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "ගොනුව" can also refer to a folder or a document in a computer system. |
| Slovak | The word "spis" in Slovak can also refer to a register or collection of documents. |
| Slovenian | The word "mapa" in Slovenian also has the alternate meaning of "folder" or "directory" in the context of a computer file system. |
| Somali | In Somali, 'faylka' can also mean 'to file away' or 'to put something in order'. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "archivo" can also refer to a historical record or document repository, akin to an archive. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "file" can also refer to a traditional woven mat or a group of people working together. |
| Swahili | The word "faili" can also refer to a document or a case in court. |
| Swedish | The word "fil" derives from the Proto-Germanic "*filan" meaning "to split" or "to polish". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word "file" can also mean a row or line, specifically in relation to standing in line or queuing. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word файл (fayl) also means “folder” in English. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கோப்பு" can also mean "bunch" or "bundle". |
| Telugu | "ఫైల్" (file) in Telugu may also refer to a row, line, series, or sequence. |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ไฟล์" can also mean a "line". |
| Turkish | The word "dosya" is derived from the Persian word "dastah" meaning "document" and it can also refer to a bundle of papers |
| Ukrainian | The word 'файл' in Ukrainian can also mean a 'document' or an 'archive'. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "فائل" can also mean "a queue or line of people or things". |
| Uzbek | The word "fayl" also means "abundance" or "generosity" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "tập tin" in Vietnamese shares the same root as "fascinate" in English, both derived from the Latin "fascis" meaning "bundle". |
| Welsh | In addition to meaning "file", in Welsh "ffeil" also means "layer" and "flap". |
| Xhosa | The word "ifayile" in Xhosa can also refer to a group of people who share a common purpose or goal. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'טעקע' also means 'folder' in the modern sense of the word, e.g. a file folder or a file in a computer operating system. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba verb "fa" means "to spread" or "to lay out," as well as "to write" |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word "ifayela" also refers to a "case" in a court of law |
| English | The word 'file' comes from the Latin 'filum' meaning 'thread', and can also refer to a line of people or a row of data. |