different between nils vs fils
nils
English
Noun
nils
- plural of nil
Anagrams
- LISN, lins
nils From the web:
- nils what the funk
- nilsson what'll i do
- nilstat what schedule
- what is nilstat used for
- what does nilsa do for a living
- what does nils mean
- what is nilsa prowant net worth
- what is nilsa nationality
fils
English
Etymology 1
From French fils (“son”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?s, IPA(key): /?fi?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
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 ????. Doublet of fool.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ls/
- Rhymes: -?ls
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”), from Old Latin f?lios, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *d?eh?(y)- (“to suck”). 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/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /f?s/
- 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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Alternative forms
- fis (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French fils, fil, from Latin f?lius.
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
fils From the web:
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- what fills a grand soul gem
- what fills you up
- what fills the empty space in a cell
- what fills the spaces between cells
- what fills your cup
- what fills a greater soul gem