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).