filière

See also: filiere

French

Etymology

From fil +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fi.ljɛʁ/
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Noun

filière f (plural filières)

  1. industry
    la filière bovine ― the beef industry
  2. creance (in falconry)
  3. die (in manufacturing)
  4. spinneret (of a spider)
  5. course of events
  6. ring (of people, for example in drug dealing)
  7. (heraldry) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 1852, Pierre Charles Armand Loizeau de Grandmaison, Dictionnaire héraldique [...]: Suivi de l' Abrégé chronologique d'édits [...] concernant le fait de la noblesse, page 371:
      ... filière de gueules. Bourgogne et Orléanais. Alleman de Mirabel d’azur, au demi-vol d’or, l’écu bordé du même; à la filière de gueules. Languedoc. FLACON. Rare en armoiries.
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