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figuier commun: common fig (Ficus carica)
figuier de Barbarie: prickly pear, the plant Opuntia ficus-indica
figuier de Carie: synonym of figuier commun (Ficus carica)
figuier étrangleur: strangler fig
figuline: figuline
figurant: extra; bit player
figurante: figurante
figuratif: figurative
figuration: cast of extras; Taking a back seat; figuration
figurativement: figuratively
figure: face; figure
figure d'autorité: authority figure
figure de proue: figurehead
figure de style: figure of speech (word or phrase)
figure paternelle: father figure
figure étymologique: figura etymologica (multiword figure of speech in which two or more different words are etymologically related)
figurer: to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent; to imagine, picture
figurine: figurine; miniature
figurisme: figurism
figuriste: figurist
figuré: Figurative.; Borne with a human countenance.
figurément: figuratively
figé: frozen; fixed; lifeless; motionless
fil: yarn, thread, wire; grain (of wood etc.); edge (of blade, razor etc.)
fil RSS: synonym of flux RSS (“RSS feed”)
fil barbelé: barbed wire
fil conducteur: fairlead; power cable; throughline, common thread, central theme
fil d'Ariane: breadcrumbs; a distance line, penetration line, cave line, guide line; a beacon, a breadcrumb trail
fil de fer: wire; wirewalking; larva of the click beetle; wireframe
fil de fer barbelé: barbed wire
fil dentaire: dental floss (floss used to clean the areas between the teeth)
fil rouge: common thread, central theme, governing principle
fil à plomb: plumb line
fil-de-fériste: tightrope walker (high wire artist)
filable: spinnable
filage: spinning (of thread); run-through (rehearsal)
filaggrine: filaggrin
filaire: wired, corded (connected by wire/cord)
filament: filament
filamenteux: filamentous; having filaments
filandreux: stringy (resembling strings); rambling
filant: spinning (as a thread)
filanzane: A kind of Malagasy sedan chair.
filariose: filariasis
filasse: tow, oakum, hards; its distinctive bleak color; something of that color, especially blond hair; a yellowish-blond-haired person; a towhead
filateur: spinner (machine, person)
filature: filature; spinning factory; watch, surveillance
file: a line of objects placed one after the other; traffic jam
file d'attente: queue
file indienne: single file, Indian file
filer: to spin (a web); to thread through (a crowd); to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances); to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through; to pass, to hand, to give
filer doux: to behave, to toe the line, to lie low, to keep a low profile
filer droit: to keep it on the straight and narrow, to toe the line, to behave
filer entre les doigts: to slip through someone's fingers, to slip away
filer par le bout: to slip the anchor
filer un mauvais coton: to go through a spell of poor health, to be coming down with something, to get in a bad way; to be headed for trouble, to be circling the drain, to go downhill
filer à l'anglaise: to take French leave
filet: trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke); fillet, filet (of meat); frenulum, frenum; rule; fillet, listel
filet: net
filet américain: Belgian steak tartare, often made with mayonnaise and seasoned with capers and fresh herbs