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/fis/
Translation
son
Word origin
From Latin filius ('son'). English 'filial' and 'affiliate' share this root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- filius
- English cognates
- filial, affiliate
Grammar
Examples
' admis cette .
Their son has just been admitted to a top school this year.
' ' professeure .
He is the son of a doctor and a French teacher.
- '.
Marie's stepson works in the same company as her.
l' Bordeaux.
Her son is studying medicine at the University of Bordeaux.
transmis l' .
He passed his business on to his son last year.
se prononce toujours /fis/ - le l est muet et le s est sonore, contrairement à ce qu'attendrait un apprenant. C'est un des mots dont la prononciation est à mémoriser explicitement. Invariable au pluriel : un fils, des fils (both /fis/).
Beau-fils (son-in-law or stepson) suit le modèle de belle-fille. Fils unique (only child, only son) et fils prodigue (prodigal son, from the biblical parable) sont des expressions connues. Fils à papa (daddy's boy) est légèrement péjoratif. Dans Paris est le fils de la Seine, les métaphores de filiation expriment l'origine et l'héritage culturel.
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