filum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of file. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaɪləm/ Rhymes: -aɪləm Homophone: phylum === Noun === filum (plural fila) (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfilum/ [ˈfi.lʊm] Rhymes: -ilum Syllabification: fi‧lum === Noun === filum (plural filum-filum) phylum (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank (linguistics) a large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another. (linguistics) superstock: a large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another. === Further reading === “filum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew”). Cognate with Lithuanian gysla (“vein; thread; nerve”), Proto-Slavic *žìla (“vein; sinew”), Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil, “sinew”), Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “bowstring”), Welsh gïau (“sinews”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.lum] === Noun === fīlum n (genitive fīlī); second declension thread, string, filament, fiber texture, style, nature wick of a lamp Synonym: mergulus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== fīlō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “filum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “filum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "filum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “filum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French phylum. === Noun === filum n (plural filumuri) (taxonomy) phylum ==== Declension ==== === References === filum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN