fiel
See also: Fiel and -fiel
French
Etymology
From Old French fiel, fel, according to the TLFi, a borrowing from Latin fel, itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɛl/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
fiel m (plural fiels)
- bile
- Synonym: bile
Further reading
- “fiel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- file, filé
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fiˈɛl], [ˈfjɛl]
Adjective
fiel m or f (plural fiels)
- faithful, loyal
- true, trustworthy, accurate
Derived terms
- fielmente
Related terms
- fidelidade
- infiel
Noun
fiel m or f (plural fieis)
- (historical) witness
- 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
- first/third-person singular preterite of fallen
Middle English
Noun
fiel (plural fiels)
- Alternative form of fiele
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈɛw/ [fɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjɛw/ [ˈfjɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
- Hyphenation: fi‧el
Adjective
fiel m or f (plural fiéis)
- faithful, loyal
- Irene é fiel ao seu marido.
- Irene is faithful to her husband.
- Os cachorros são fiéis.
- Dogs are loyal.
- true, trustworthy, accurate
Derived terms
- fielmente
Related terms
- fidelidade
- infiel
Further reading
- “fiel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish fiel, from Latin fidēlis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfjel/ [ˈfjel]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: fiel
Adjective
fiel (plural fieles, superlative fidelísimo)
- 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.
- 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