défiler

== French == === Etymology === From dé- +‎ filer, or file, for certain senses. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.fi.le/ === Verb === défiler (intransitive) to parade or march (intransitive) to appear one after the other Les malades défilaient dans mon bureau toute la journée. ― I had patients in my office all day. (intransitive) to unfold; to happen Ma vie a défilé devant mes yeux. ― My life flashed before my eyes. (computing, intransitive) to scroll (pronominal) to slip away or off (pronominal) to weasel out of something; to cop out (transitive) to undo thread that has been spun ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== défilable défilement === Further reading === “défiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012