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filename

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: fīl′nām
  • General-American: /ˈfaɪ.əl.neɪm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F AY1 L N EY2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The name assigned to a file in a file system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Holonyms: filespec, pathname
  • Meronyms: filename extension, extension
  • Near-synonym: basename

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basename

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: name, identifier

2

noun

Meaning 2

(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: file name, computer filename, computer file name

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: name

History

Etymology

file + name

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фа́йлово и́ме (fájlovo íme) — name assigned to a file
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文件名 (wénjiàn míng) — name assigned to a file
  • Esperanto: dosiernomo — name assigned to a file
  • Finnish: tiedostonimi — name assigned to a file
  • French: nom de fichier — name assigned to a file
  • German: Dateiname — name assigned to a file
  • Greek: όνομα αρχείου (ónoma archeíou) — name assigned to a file
  • Indonesian: nama berkas — name assigned to a file
  • Japanese: ファイル名 (fairu-mei) — name assigned to a file
  • Korean: 파일 이름 — name assigned to a file
  • Korean: 파일명 (pailmyeong) — name assigned to a file
  • Polish: nazwa pliku — name assigned to a file
  • Portuguese: nome de arquivo — name assigned to a file
  • Portuguese: nome de ficheiro — name assigned to a file
  • Serbo-Croatian: naziv datoteke — name assigned to a file
  • Spanish: nombre de archivo — name assigned to a file
  • Swedish: filnamn — name assigned to a file
  • Turkish: dosya adı/ismi — name assigned to a file