fils

/fis/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les fils

Meaning

  1. son

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

gendre

Fils is your biological son; gendre is a son-in-law, gained through marriage.

Similar in other languages

German

Sohn

Sohn is the German word for the same thing — both mean "son."

Spanish

hijo

hijo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "son."

Portuguese

filho

filho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "son."

Practice

1 What does fils mean?

2 Fill the gap: Leur ___ joue au football.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fils?

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