FILS

fils

(noun) a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

fils (not comparable)

Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.

Usage notes

• Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

Antonyms

• père

Noun

fils (plural fils)

(rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.

Etymology 2

Noun

fils (plural fulus)

(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.

Anagrams

• silf

Noun

FILs

plural of FIL

Anagrams

• silf

Source: Wiktionary


Fils, n. [F., fr. L. filius. See Filial.]

Definition: Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas, fils.

FIL

Fil, obs.

Definition: imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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