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les fils
sons
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How do you say fils in French?
How do you pronounce fils in French?
fils is pronounced /le fis/ in French.
Example sentences
Le fils aîné a hérité de la maison familiale.
The eldest son inherited the family house.
Mon fils cadet est devenu ingénieur tandis que son frère aîné a choisi le droit.
My younger son became an engineer while his older brother chose law.
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Why is it masculine?
Fils (son) is masculine because it derives from the Latin "filius," which was grammatically masculine, and French retained this gender assignment when the word evolved phonetically over centuries. The Latin masculine ending "-us" was lost in French sound changes, but the gender classification remained attached to the word.
What is the French word for sons?
The French word for sons is les fils — masculine.
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