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
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
