filasse
French, noun/fi.las/
filasse is spelled F-I-L-A-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filasse is a French feminine noun meaning “tow, oakum, hards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of filer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc”.
What does filasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetow, oakum, hards
- 2
feminineits distinctive bleak color
- 3
femininesomething of that color, especially blond hair
- 4
femininea yellowish-blond-haired person; a towhead
verb
- 1
first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of filer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblage, amas de filaments tirés de l’écorce du chanvre, de celle du lin, etc.
adjective: 1. Qualifie des cheveux qui ressemblent à de la filasse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of filasse
- filasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filasse?
- /fi.las/
- \fi.las\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filasse in French?
filasse appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).