fils

Meaning

1. son
2. any male descendant
3. any direct descendant, male or female
4. Jr. (postnominal designator indicating a son with the same name as the father)
5. darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved)

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fis/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius (“son”). Cognate to Spanish hijo, Portuguese filho, , Italian figlio and Romanian fiu, 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.

Sentences

Vous venez donner à mon fils sa leçon de latin ?

Are you here to teach my son his Latin lesson?

Il meurt deux ans plus tard , laissant deux fils mineurs .

He died two years later, leaving two minor sons.

Il est dédié à son fils Denis .

It is dedicated to his son Denis.

Son fils Charles Henry Bouverie a également été Membre du Parlement .

His son Charles Henry Bouverie was also a Member of Parliament.

Son fils Alan Durward en hérite à sa mort , quelques années plus tard .

His son Alan Durward inherited it when he died a few years later.

Caroline a du toutefois , avant la majorité de son fils , quitter la régence .

Caroline, however, had to leave the regency before her son reached the age of majority.

Époux de Clémentine de Salteur de La Serraz, il est père de deux fils .

Husband of Clémentine de Salteur de La Serraz, he is the father of two sons.

John Chambers est le fils d'une psychiatre et d'un obstétricien .

John Chambers is the son of a psychiatrist and an obstetrician.