fils
part of speech
word (French); noun (a fils, plural fils — money)
meaning for a pupil
1) (French) «Fils» is the French word for son; it sounds like «feess» to an English ear and is not an English word. tree →
2) In English, «fils» is sometimes put after a French name to mean «the son» or «junior», as in «Dumas fils», to tell a son apart from his father with the same name. tree →
3) (money) A fils is a small coin, a fraction of the dinar or dirham, in some Arab countries like Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE. tree →
sense in the lessons
In French lessons, «fils» comes up in family words: «mon fils» (my son), «père et fils» (father and son). Some shops are named «... et Fils» (and Son). In maths problems about world money, 1000 fils = 1 Kuwaiti dinar, or 100 fils = 1 UAE dirham. Phrases: «père et fils», «Dumas fils».
examples
- In French class we learned that «fils» means son. tree →
- The bakery sign said «Martin et Fils». tree →
- Alexandre Dumas fils wrote different books from his father. tree →
- The drink cost 500 fils in Kuwait. tree →
- «Mon fils» means «my son» in French. tree →
- The old coin was worth only a few fils. tree →
note
French: the «l» and «s» spelling is tricky; it is said «feess». Plural in French is also «fils». As money, the plural is «fils». Not an English word for son.
In the corpora
- An only child is fille unique (a girl) or fils unique (a boy); enfant unique works for anyone.
- le fils (the son) sounds like "FEESS": the l is silent and the s is said.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fils» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.