fileuse
French, noun/fi.løz/
fileuse is spelled F-I-L-E-U-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fileuse is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of fileur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui file des matières textiles”.
What does fileuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of fileur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui file des matières textiles. 2. Celle qui fabrique des filets de pêche, de tennis, etc. 3. Celle qui file le verre incandescent. 4. Machine utilisée autrefois pour la fabrication des cordes.
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 fileuse
- fileuses plural
- fileur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fileuse?
- /fi.løz/
- \fi.løz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fileuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fileuse in French?
fileuse 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).