filage, n.m., spinning; (bot.) cotton-rose; cud-weed.

filagramme. V. filigrane.

filaire, n.f., (ent.) filaria.

filament, n.m., filament, thread; fiber.

filamenteu-x, -se, adj., thready, stringy.

filandière, n.f., spinster, spinner. Les sœurs —s; the fates, the fatal sisters.

filandres, n.f.pl., gossamer, air-threads; strings (of leguminous plants).

filandreu-x, -se, adj., stringy, thready.

filant, -e, adj., flowing, ropy; (of stars) shooting.

filasse, n.f., harl, tow (of flax, hemp).