filename

file·name
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US/ˈfaɪ.əl.neɪm/

noun

The name assigned to a file in a file system.

“Near-synonym: basename”

Similar
basenamefile namecomputer filenamecomputer file name
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Meanings

nounfilename (plural filenames)

plural filenames · alternative file name

  1. computingThe name assigned to a file in a file system.

    Near-synonym: basename

    2 more examples

    Holonyms: filespec, pathname

    Meronyms: filename extension, extension

    Synonyms: basename

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe name assigned to a file in a file system.

Similar
basename

More synonyms by meaning

noun(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file

Similar
file namecomputer filenamecomputer file name
Broader
name

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From file + name.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans lêernaam
  • lêernaamname assigned to a file
Arabic اسم ملف
  • اسم ملف (ism milaff)name assigned to a file
Bulgarian фа́йлово и́ме
  • фа́йлово и́ме (fájlovo íme)name assigned to a file
Catalan nom de fitxer
  • nom de fitxername assigned to a file
Chinese Mandarin 文件名
  • 文件名 (wénjiàn míng)name assigned to a file
Danish filnavn
  • filnavnname assigned to a file
Dutch bestandsnaam
  • bestandsnaamname assigned to a file
Esperanto dosiernomo
  • dosiernomoname assigned to a file
Finnish tiedostonimi
  • tiedostoniminame assigned to a file
French nom de fichier
  • nom de fichiername assigned to a file
German Dateiname
  • Dateinamename assigned to a file
Greek όνομα αρχείου
  • όνομα αρχείου (ónoma archeíou)name assigned to a file
Hindi फ़ाइलनाम
  • फ़ाइलनाम (fāilnām)name assigned to a file
Hungarian fájlnév
  • fájlnévname assigned to a file
Icelandic skráarnafn
  • skráarnafnname assigned to a file
Indonesian nama berkas
  • nama berkasname assigned to a file
Italian nome di file
  • nome di filename assigned to a file
Japanese ファイル名
  • ファイル名 (fairu-mei)name assigned to a file
Korean 파일 이름, 파일명
  • 파일 이름name assigned to a file
  • 파일명 (pailmyeong)name assigned to a file
Polish nazwa pliku
  • nazwa plikuname assigned to a file
Portuguese nome de arquivo, nome de ficheiro
  • nome de arquivoname assigned to a file
  • nome de ficheironame assigned to a file
Spanish nombre de archivo, nombre de fichero
  • nombre de archivoname assigned to a file
  • nombre de ficheroname assigned to a file
Swedish filnamn
  • filnamnname assigned to a file
Turkish dosya adı/ismi
  • dosya adı/isminame assigned to a file
Vietnamese tên tệp, tên tập tin
  • tên tệpname assigned to a file
  • tên tập tinname assigned to a file
Cite this entry
APA

filename. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filename

MLA

“filename.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filename. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filename,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filename.

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