filament

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• /ˈfɪləmənt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwhiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: сүс (süs) — fine thread or wire
• Bulgarian: ни́шка (níška) — fine thread or wire
• Bulgarian: жи́чка (žíčka) — fine thread or wire
• Chinese Mandarin: 纖維 /纤维 (xiānwéi) — fine thread or wire
• Czech: nitka — fine thread or wire
• Czech: drátek — fine thread or wire
• Danish: tråd — fine thread or wire
• Danish: fiber — fine thread or wire
• Finnish: säie — fine thread or wire
• Finnish: kuitu — fine thread or wire
• French: filament — fine thread or wire
• Galician: filamento — fine thread or wire
• German: Faser — fine thread or wire
• Hungarian: szál — fine thread or wire
• Hungarian: rost — fine thread or wire
• Italian: filamento — fine thread or wire
• Japanese: 繊維 (sen'i) — fine thread or wire
• Latin: fibra — fine thread or wire
• Māori: waea rauangi — fine thread or wire
• Māori: kakawaea — fine thread or wire
• Norwegian Bokmål: filament — fine thread or wire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: filament — fine thread or wire
• Portuguese: filamento — fine thread or wire
• Russian: нить (nitʹ) — fine thread or wire
• Russian: волокно́ (voloknó) — fine thread or wire
• Russian: волосо́к (volosók) — fine thread or wire
• Sanskrit: अंशु (aṃśu) — fine thread or wire
• Spanish: filamento — fine thread or wire
• Spanish: brenca — fine thread or wire
• Tagalog: walidwid — fine thread or wire
• Ottoman Turkish: ایپلك (iplik) — fine thread or wire
• Bulgarian: жи́чка (žíčka) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Chinese Mandarin: 燈絲 /灯丝 (dēngsī) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Czech: vlákno — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Danish: glødetråd — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Finnish: hehkulanka — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• French: filament — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Galician: filamento — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• German: Glühwendel — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Hebrew: חוט להט — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Hungarian: izzószál — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Italian: filamento — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Japanese: フィラメント (firamento) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Korean: 필라멘트 (pillamenteu) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Korean: 선조 (seonjo) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Māori: waea rauangi — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Māori: kakawaea — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Norwegian Bokmål: filament — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Norwegian Nynorsk: filament — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Polish: żarnik — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Portuguese: filamento — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Russian: нить нака́ла (nitʹ nakála) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Russian: волосо́к (volosók) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Russian: спира́ль (spirálʹ) — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Swedish: glödtråd — wire in an incandescent light bulb
• Chinese Mandarin: 花絲 /花丝 (huāsī) — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Danish: støvtråd — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Finnish: palho — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Galician: filamento — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Hungarian: porzószál — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Icelandic: frjóþráður — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Japanese: 花糸 (kashi) — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Manx: faast — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Māori: kaka — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Portuguese: filamento — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Russian: тычи́ночная нить (tyčínočnaja nitʹ) — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Spanish: filamento — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Swedish: ståndarsträng — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Thai: ก้านชูอับเรณู (gâan-chuu-àp-ree-nuu) — stalk of a stamen in a flower
• Bulgarian: влакно́ (vlaknó) — continuous object, limited in length only by its spool
• Russian: волокно́ (voloknó) — continuous object, limited in length only by its spool