fils

English

Etymology

From French fils (“son”).

Adjective

fils (not comparable)

1. 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 notes

• Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

Antonyms

• pere

Noun

fils

1. (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin filius (“son”). Cognate to Portuguese filho, Spanish hijo, and Italian figlio, among others.

Pronunciation

• audio (un fils)

  (file)

• IPA: /fis/
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophones: fisse, fissent, fisses

Noun

fils m (plural fils)

1. son

Antonyms

• (boy): fille

Etymology 2

See fil

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fil/, X-SAMPA: /fil/
• Homophones: fil, file, filent, files, Phil, -phile

Noun

fils m pl

1. Plural form of fil

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French fil, from Latin fīlius.

Noun

fils m (plural fils; feminine fille, plural filles)

1. son
2. boy

Synonyms

• (boy): garçaon

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fis, fix, fiz

Noun

fils m

1. Nominative singular of fil
2. Oblique plural of fil

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Swedish

Noun

fils

1. indefinite genitive singular of fil

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Volapük

Noun

fils

1. nominative plural of fil "fire"