fils
English
Etymology 1
From French fils (“son”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fēs, IPA(key): /ˈfiːs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -iːs
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
- père
Noun
fils (plural fils)
- (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
Etymology 2
From Arabic فلس. Doublet of fool.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪls/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪls
Noun
fils (plural fulus)
- (numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
Anagrams
- silf
Catalan
Noun
fils
- plural of fil
French
Etymology 1
From Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius (“son”). 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) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /fɪs/
- Rhymes: -is
- (archaic) 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
- (son): fille (daughter)
- (son): père (father)
- (Jr.): père (Sr.)
Derived terms
- fils à papa
- Fils de Dieu
- Fils de l'homme
- fils de putain
- fils de pute
- Fils du Ciel
- fils prodigue
- fils unique
- tel père, tel fils
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fil/
- Homophones: fil, file, filent, files, Phil, -phile
- Rhymes: -il
Noun
fils m pl
- plural of fil
Further reading
- “fils”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Alternative forms
- fis (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French fils, fil, from Latin fīlius.
Noun
fils m (plural fils, feminine fille) (Guernsey)
- son
- boy
Synonyms
- (boy): garçaon
Old French
Alternative forms
- fis
- fix
- fiz
Noun
fils m
- inflection of fil:
- oblique plural
- nominative singular
Swedish
Noun
fils
- indefinite genitive singular of fil.
Anagrams
- lifs
Volapük
Noun
fils
- nominative plural of fil