fils
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fils (not comparable)
- Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.
Usage notesEdit
- Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.
AntonymsEdit
NounEdit
fils (plural fils)
- (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
Etymology 2Edit
From Arabic فلس. Doublet of fool.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fils (plural fulus)
- (numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
NounEdit
fils
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius (“son”). Cognate to Portuguese filho, Spanish hijo, and Italian figlio, among others.
Final -s regularly became mute before consonants in late Old French but was then still pronounced in pausa. In the 18th century, these pausal forms widely fell out of use; they remained, however, as variants in a small number of words (cf. tous, ours). By the 20th century, the regular pronunciation /fi/ had become archaic or dialectal.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /fis/
audio (un fils) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /fɪs/
- Rhymes: -is
- (archaic) IPA(key): /fi/
- Homophones: fisse, fissent, fisses
NounEdit
fils m (plural fils)
- son
- any male descendant
- any direct descendant, male or female
- Jr. (postnomial designator indicating a son with the same name as the father)
- darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved)
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fils m pl
Further readingEdit
- “fils”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
NormanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- fis (Jersey)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French fils, fil, from Latin fīlius.
NounEdit
fils m (plural fils, feminine fille) (Guernsey)
SynonymsEdit
- (boy): garçaon
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
fils m
- inflection of fil:
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
fils
AnagramsEdit
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
fils
- nominative plural of fil