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
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.
• Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.
• père
fils (plural fils)
(rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
fils (plural fulus)
(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
• silf
FILs
plural of FIL
• 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, obs.
Definition: imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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