fils
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈfēs 
: son —used after a family name to distinguish a son from his father
fils
2 of 2noun (2)
ˈfils
plural fils
a monetary subunit of the dinar (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait), dirham (United Arab Emirates), and rial (Yemen) see dinar, dirham, rial at Money Table
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
French, from Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius — more at feminine
Noun (2)
Arabic
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1786, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1931, in the meaning defined above
- ivory coaster
- ivory coral
- ivory gull
- ivory nut
- ivory palm
- ivory plant
- ivory plum
- ivory shell
- ivory tint
- ivory tower
- ivory tree
- ivory white
- ivory yellow
- ivory-billed woodpecker
- ivory-dome
- ivory-leaf
- ivory-leaves
- ivory-nut palm
- ivory-tower
- ivory-towered
- ivory-towerish
- ivory-towerism
- ivory-towerist
- ivory-towerite
- ivorybill