refiler

English

Etymology

refile +‎ -er

Noun

refiler (plural refilers)

1. One who refiles.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ filer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fi.le/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

refiler

1. (transitive, informal) to give or pass something to someone
2. (transitive, informal) to palm off

   Synonym: refourguer

Conjugation

Conjugation of refiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	refiler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	refilant /ʁə.fi.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		refilé /ʁə.fi.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	refile /ʁə.fil/	refiles /ʁə.fil/	refile /ʁə.fil/	refilons /ʁə.fi.lɔ̃/	refilez /ʁə.fi.le/	refilent /ʁə.fil/
	imperfect	refilais /ʁə.fi.lɛ/	refilais /ʁə.fi.lɛ/	refilait /ʁə.fi.lɛ/	refilions /ʁə.fi.ljɔ̃/	refiliez /ʁə.fi.lje/	refilaient /ʁə.fi.lɛ/
	past historic2	refilai /ʁə.fi.le/	refilas /ʁə.fi.la/	refila /ʁə.fi.la/	refilâmes /ʁə.fi.lam/	refilâtes /ʁə.fi.lat/	refilèrent /ʁə.fi.lɛʁ/
	future	refilerai /ʁə.fil.ʁe/	refileras /ʁə.fil.ʁa/	refilera /ʁə.fil.ʁa/	refilerons /ʁə.fil.ʁɔ̃/	refilerez /ʁə.fil.ʁe/	refileront /ʁə.fil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	refilerais /ʁə.fil.ʁɛ/	refilerais /ʁə.fil.ʁɛ/	refilerait /ʁə.fil.ʁɛ/	refilerions /ʁə.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	refileriez /ʁə.fi.lə.ʁje/	refileraient /ʁə.fil.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	refile /ʁə.fil/	refiles /ʁə.fil/	refile /ʁə.fil/	refilions /ʁə.fi.ljɔ̃/	refiliez /ʁə.fi.lje/	refilent /ʁə.fil/
	imperfect2	refilasse /ʁə.fi.las/	refilasses /ʁə.fi.las/	refilât /ʁə.fi.la/	refilassions /ʁə.fi.la.sjɔ̃/	refilassiez /ʁə.fi.la.sje/	refilassent /ʁə.fi.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	refile /ʁə.fil/	—	refilons /ʁə.fi.lɔ̃/	refilez /ʁə.fi.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• refiler le bébé

Further reading

• “refiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.