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fil

/fiːl/

fil noun: a Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture. Also the alternative form of alfil.

Noun (1)

fil (uncountable)

  1. A Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture.

Proper noun capitalized: FIL

FIL

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Federation of International Lacrosse.

Noun (2) capitalized: FIL

FIL (plural FILs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of father-in-law.

Also used as

fil is also the alternative form of alfil.

Forms of fil

pluralfils
pluralFILs

Origin of fil

From Swedish fil, a clipping of filmjölk. Also related to Finnish viili.

Questions about fil

What does fil mean?
Fil means a Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture.
What part of speech is fil?
Fil can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fil?
Fil is pronounced /fiːl/.
What is the plural of fil?
The plural of fil is fils.

Words near fil in the dictionary

  1. fikery
  2. fikes
  3. fikh
  4. fikhs
  5. fiking
  6. fil
  7. Fil-
  8. Fil-Am
  9. Fil-Ams
  10. fil-chi
  11. fila

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fil (page history and authors); FIL (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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