fils
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
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 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
Noun
fils (plural fils)
- (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
fils (plural fulus)
- (numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
fils
French
Etymology 1
From Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fis/
audio (un fils): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /fɪs/
- Rhymes: -is
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "archaic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /fi/
- Homophones: fisse, fissent, fisses
Noun
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)
Antonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
fils m pl
Further reading
- “fils”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French fils, fil, from Latin fīlius.
Noun
fils m (plural fils, feminine fille) (Guernsey)
Synonyms
- (boy): garçaon
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
fils m
- inflection of fil:
Swedish
Noun
fils
Anagrams
Volapük
Noun
fils
- nominative plural of fil
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