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fils

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fils 1  (fs)
n.
Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.
[French, from Latin flius, son; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.fils - 100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial
Yemeni fils
Yemeni monetary unit - monetary unit in Yemen
2.fils - a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
fractional monetary unit, subunit - a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
Bahrain dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils
Iraqi dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils
Jordanian dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils
Kuwaiti dirham, dirham - worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils
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"To the death," cried the little gray man, "a mort, mon fils.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The army was made up of white slanting lines that filled the air like the cobwebs that float about in autumn and which Dessalles called les fils de la Vierge.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Launcelot and his knights rescued her, and in doing it slew certain good old friends of yours and mine -- in fact, some of the best we ever had; to wit, Sir Belias le Orgulous, Sir Segwarides, Sir Griflet le Fils de Dieu, Sir Brandiles, Sir Aglovale --"
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