fille
French
Etymology
- (daughter): From Middle French fille, from Old French fille, from Latin fīlia.
- (slang, prostitute): By ellipsis of the euphemisms fille des rues (“girl of the streets”), fille de joie (“girl of joy”), fille publique (“public girl”), and others like them that signify "prostitute".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fij/
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audio (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): [fɪj]
Noun
fille f (plural filles)
- girl
- Ce ne sont pas toutes les filles qui aiment jouer avec les poupées.
- Not all girls like playing with dolls.
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- daughter
- Je vous présente mes fils, Gérard-Marcel et Pierre-Vincent, et mes filles, Marie-Léonore et Jacqueline-Hélène.
- May I introduce you to my sons, Gérard-Marcel and Pierre-Vincent, and my daughters, Marie-Léonore and Jacqueline-Hélène.
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- (slang) prostitute, wench
Antonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Verb
fille
- present subjunctive analytic of fill
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fille | fhille | bhfille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fille, from Latin fīlia.
Noun
fille f (plural filles)
Descendants
- French: fille
Norman
Alternative forms
- fil'ye (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French fille, from Latin fīlia.
Noun
fille f (plural filles)
Coordinate terms
- fils (“son”)
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʎə/
Noun
fille f (oblique plural filles, nominative singular fille, nominative plural filles)
Related terms
Descendants
Pennsylvania German
Etymology 1
Verb
fille
Verb
fille
- to foal
Saterland Frisian
Verb
fille
- to skin
Conjugation
| Gruundfoarm: fille | |||||||
| Infinitive: tou fillen | |||||||
| Present tense | Past tense | ||||||
| iek | {fille | wie | fille | iek | fillde | wie | fillden |
| du | fillst | jie | fille | du | filldest | jie | fillden |
| hie/ju/dät | fillt | jo | fille | hie/ju/dät | fillde | jo | fillden |
| Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | ||||
| fillend | Singular: fill | hääbe | fillt | ||||
| Plural: fill | |||||||
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