fils

¹ American  

[fils] / fɪls /

Also fil

noun

PLURAL

fils

1. a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, one 100th of a dinar.

2. a bronze coin of the United Arab Emirates, one 100th of a dirham.

3. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Yemen Arab Republic, one 100th of a riyal.

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fils ² American  

[fees] / fis /

noun

French.

PLURAL

fils

1. son: sometimes used after a name with the meaning of Jr., as in Dumas fils.

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fils ¹ British  

/ fɪl, fɪls /

noun

1. 1. a fractional monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, worth one thousandth of a dinar

   2. a fractional monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, worth one hundredth of a dirham

   3. a fractional monetary unit of Yemen, worth one hundredth of a riyal

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fils ² British  

/ fis /

1. an addition to a French surname to specify the son rather than the father of the same name Compare père

   a book by Dumas fils

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Etymology

Origin of fils

First recorded in 1885–90; from Arabic, probably from Greek phóllis “a kind of coin”

Example Sentences

The price of karak was 50 fils for a quarter-century, rising to 1 dirham in 2004 as Dubai rushed to build its booming desert skyline.

From Seattle Times

In 1924, one Sternberger fils had inadvertently scorched a burger and covered up his grill goof with a slab of cheese.

From Los Angeles Times

It probably helped that by the time Cooper fils came of age, the Vanderbilt fortune, once among the greatest in American plutocracy, had pretty much gone pfft.

From Washington Post

As an account of the movie’s origin this may be arguable, but would-be defenders of Welles’s reputation risk missing the argument that the Finchers, père and fils, are advancing.

From New York Times

Against that backdrop, don’t bet on Vance fils being played by Trump a second time.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• boy
• child
• descendant
• kid
• offspring