filin

Borrowed from Spanish filin, itself from English feeling.

filin (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre that emerged in late 1940s in La Habana, influenced by the melodic and expressive style of vocal jazz.

filin

1. definite genitive singular of fil

filin

1. inflection of filar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

filin m (plural filins)

1. (nautical) rope, cord

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

From English feeling.

filin m (uncountable)

1. (music) filin

• “filin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014