fille

«fille» in Mova's school dictionary: «girl» or «daughter»: «une petite fille» = a little girl… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (French: une fille, des filles); not an English word

meaning for a pupil

(French) «Fille» means «girl» or «daughter»: «une petite fille» = a little girl, «ma fille» = my daughter. It sounds like «fee» with a soft y at the end («feey»), and it is not an English word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In French lessons, «fille» is learned with «garçon» (boy): «Je suis une fille» = I am a girl. «Fille» is a feminine noun, so it goes with «la» and «une». Grown-ups know the phrase «jeune fille» (young lady). Do not mix it up with English «fill» or «file».

examples

• «Je suis une fille» means «I am a girl» in French. tree →
• «C'est ma fille» means «This is my daughter.» tree →
• In French, «fille» is feminine: «la fille», «une fille». tree →
• The French teacher said «filles» for the girls and «garçons» for the boys. tree →
• «Petite-fille» in French means granddaughter. tree →
• «La fille du roi» means «the king's daughter». tree →

note

French only; plural «filles». The «ll» in «fille» sounds like «y», not like an English l. Trap: «fillet» (a boneless piece of meat or fish) and «fill» are different English words.

In the corpora

• An only child is fille unique (a girl) or fils unique (a boy); enfant unique works for anyone.
• Je suis une fille and je suis un garçon: être is followed by un or une matching the noun.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fille» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.