fiel

See also: Fiel and -fiel

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɛl/

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Noun

fiel m (plural fiels)

1. bile

   Synonym: bile

Further reading

• “fiel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fel”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 445

Anagrams

• file, filé

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fiˈɛl], [ˈfjɛl]

Adjective

fiel m or f (plural fieis)

1. faithful, loyal
2. true, trustworthy, accurate

Derived terms

• fielmente

Related terms

• fidelidade
• infiel

Noun

fiel m or f by sense (plural fieis)

1. (historical) witness
2. believer

References

• “fiel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fiel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fiel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fiel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Homophone: viel

Verb

fiel

1. first/third-person singular preterite of fallen

Middle English

Noun

fiel (plural fiels)

1. Alternative form of fiele

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈɛw/ [fɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjɛw/ [ˈfjɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɛ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: fi‧el

Adjective

fiel m or f (plural fiéis)

1. faithful, loyal

   A Irene é fiel ao seu marido.

   Irene is faithful to her husband.

   Os cachorros são fiéis.

   Dogs are loyal.

2. true, trustworthy, accurate

Derived terms

• fielmente
• infiel

Related terms

• fidelidade
• fé

Noun

fiel m or f by sense (plural fiéis)

1. believer

   Synonym: crente

2. churchgoer

Further reading

• “fiel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjel/ [ˈfjel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: fiel

Adjective

fiel m or f (masculine and feminine plural fieles, superlative fidelísimo)

1. faithful, true

   Irene siempre ha sido fiel a su marido.

   Irene has always been faithful to her husband.

   Sé fiel a quien eres.

   Be true to who you are.

2. loyal

   Los perros son fieles.

   Dogs are loyal.

Derived terms

• Conmemoración de los Fieles Difuntos
• fielmente

 

Related terms

• fe
• fiar

 

Further reading

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