filing

English

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably split in 2 etymologies”)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /faɪ.lɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ

Noun

filing (plural filings)

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
- 2018 November 30, Jon Swaine, The Guardian‎^[1]:
  Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.

Derived terms

Translations

particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving

Arabic: بُرَادَة f (burāda)
Bulgarian: стърготи́ни (bg) f pl (stǎrgotíni), стружки (bg) pl (stružki)
Catalan: llimadures (ca) f pl, llimalla (ca) f
Dutch: vijlsel (nl) n, splinter (nl) m
Finnish: puru (fi), jauhe (fi)
French: limaille (fr)
German: Span (de) m
Hungarian: reszelék (hu)
Italian: limatura (it) f, polvere (it) m
Latin: limatura f
Polish: opiłek (pl) m inan
Portuguese: limalha f
Russian: опи́лка (ru) f (opílka), стру́жка (ru) f (strúžka)
Tagalog: puyiw (gold filings)

act of storing documents in an archive; archiving

Bulgarian: архивиране n (arhivirane)
Dutch: archivering (nl) f
Finnish: arkistointi (fi)
Hungarian: tárolás (hu), archiválás (hu)
Interlingua: archivamento
Italian: archiviazione (it) f
Polish: archiwizacja (pl) f
Portuguese: arquivamento (pt) f

Verb

filing

present participle and gerund of file