# fiel
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fjɛl/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

fiel m (plural fiels)
* bile
    Synonym: bile

#### Derived terms

* bouche de miel, cœur de fiel

### Further reading

* “fiel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fel”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 445

### Anagrams

* file, filé

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
* Rhymes: -ɛl
* Hyphenation: fiel

### Adjective

fiel m or f (plural fieis)
* faithful, loyal
* true, trustworthy, accurate

#### Derived terms

* fielmente

#### Related terms

* fidelidade
* infiel

### Noun

fiel m or f by sense (plural fieis)
* (historical) witness
* believer

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fiel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fiel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fiel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːl/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Homophone: viel

### Verb

fiel
* first/third-person singular preterite of fallen

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːl/

### Determiner

fiel
* much, many
    Fiel Wasser is aach net gud.Too much water is not good either.

### Pronoun

fiel
* much, a lot
    Fiel is schun baseerd.A lot has already happened.

### Adverb

fiel
* much, a lot
    Ich hon fiel gess.I ate a lot.
    Du bist fiel greser wie ich.You are much bigger than me.

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Middle English
### Noun

fiel (plural fiels)
* Alternative form of fiele

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈɛw/ [fɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjɛw/ [ˈfjɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈfjɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: fi‧el

### Adjective

fiel m or f (plural fiéis)
* faithful, loyal
    A 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
* infiel

#### Related terms

* fidelidade
* fé

### Noun

fiel m or f by sense (plural fiéis)
* believer
    Synonym: crente
* churchgoer

### Further reading

* “fiel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjel/ [ˈfjel]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: fiel

### Adjective

fiel m or f (masculine and feminine 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10