filasse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French filasse.

Noun

filasse

1. Vegetable fiber, such as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.

Anagrams

• falsies

French

Etymology 1

From fil +‎ -asse.

Noun

filasse f (plural filasses)

1. tow, oakum, hards
2. (by metonymy) its distinctive bleak color
3. something of that color, especially blond hair
4. (by extension) a yellowish-blond-haired person; a towhead

Etymology 2

See filer.

Verb

filasse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of filer

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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

Italian

Verb

filasse

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of filare

Portuguese

Verb

filasse

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of filar