noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:fīl′nām
General-American:/ˈfaɪ.əl.neɪm/
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CMU ARPABET:F AY1 L N EY2 M
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noun
Meaning 1
The name assigned to a file in a file system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
(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