desfile

/desˈfile/ · B1 · noun · m

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🎺🥁 des + file: people file past in a row, one after another

Spanish desfilar means to march past in single file, from French défiler (de + file, a line or row). Same root as the English word file, as in rank and file: a desfile is a procession going by in lines.

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