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Mils vs Fils - What's the difference?

mils | fils |

As nouns the difference between mils and fils

is that mils is plural of lang=en while fils is the son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.

As an adjective fils is

Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.

mils

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    fils

    English

    Adjective

    (-)

    • Usage notes

    * Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

    Antonyms

    * pere

    Noun

  • (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
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