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 (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

Noun

fiel m (plural fiels)

1. bile

   Synonym: bile

Derived terms

• bouche de miel, cœur de fiel

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, volume 3: D–F, page 445

Anagrams

• file, filé

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: fiel

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fiel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fiel”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fiel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fiel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: viel

Verb

fiel

1. first/third-person singular preterite of fallen

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

Determiner

fiel

1. much, many

   Fiel Wasser is aach net gud.

   Too much water is not good either.

Pronoun

fiel

1. much, a lot

   Fiel is schun baseerd.

   A lot has already happened.

Adverb

fiel

1. much, a lot

   Ich hon fiel gess.

   I ate a lot.

   Du bist fiel greser wie ich.

   You are much bigger than me.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “fiel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Middle English

Noun

fiel

1. alternative form of fiele

Old Norse

Noun

fiel ?

1. alternative form of fjall.

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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fiel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

   Synonym: fido

   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

   Synonym: leal

   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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024