French

Proper noun

Fils

1. (Christianity) Son, person of the Holy Trinity

See also

• Père
• Saint-Esprit

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowing from French fils, from Latin filius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fis/

Noun

Fils m ‎(plural Filsen)

1. son

English

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

• père

Noun

fils

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

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fis/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /fɪs/
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophones: fisse, fissent, fisses

Noun

fils m ‎(plural fils)

1. son
2. any male descendant
3. any direct descendant, male or female
4. Jr. (postnomial designator indicating a son with the same name as the father)

Antonyms

• (son): fille (daughter)
• (son): père (father)
• (Jr.): père (Sr.)

Etymology 2

See fil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/
• Homophones: fil, file, filent, files, Phil, -phile
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

fils m pl

1. plural of fil

Norman

Alternative forms

• fis (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French fils, fil, from Latin fīlius.

Noun

fils m ‎(plural fils, feminine fille)

1. (Guernsey) son
2. (Guernsey) boy

Synonyms

• (boy): garçaon

Old French

Alternative forms

• fis
• fix
• fiz

Noun

fils m

1. inflection of fil:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Swedish

Noun

fils

1. indefinite genitive singular of fil

Volapük

Noun

fils

1. nominative plural of fil