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# fils

word (French); noun (a fils, plural fils — money)

«fils» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (French) «Fils» is the French word for son; it sounds like «feess» to an English ear and is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#m1)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#m2)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#x1)
- The bakery sign said «Martin et Fils». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#x2)
- Alexandre Dumas fils wrote different books from his father. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#x3)
- The drink cost 500 fils in Kuwait. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#x4)
- «Mon fils» means «my son» in French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#x5)
- The old coin was worth only a few fils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fils» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fils/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fils» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fils.html) on Mova free.