# fils
## English
### Etymology 1

From French fils (“son”).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: fēs, IPA: /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: /fɪls/
* Audio (Southern England):(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

Inherited from Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius (“son”). Cognate to Spanish hijo, Portuguese filho, , Italian figlio and Romanian fiu, 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: /fis/
* Audio; “un fils”:(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: /fɪs/
* Rhymes: -is
* (archaic) IPA: /fi/
* Homophones: fisse, fissent, fisses

#### Noun

fils m (plural fils)
* son
* any male descendant
* any direct descendant, male or female
* Jr. (postnominal designator indicating a son with the same name as the father)
* darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved)

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “son”): fille (daughter)
* (antonym(s) of “son”): père (father)
* (antonym(s) of “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: /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

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِلْس (fils).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfils/
* Rhymes: -ils
* Syllabification: fils

### Noun

fils m inan
* (numismatics) fils

#### Declension
### Further reading

* fils in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Noun

fils
* indefinite genitive singular of fil

### Anagrams

* lifs

## Volapük
### Noun

fils
* nominative plural of fil