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/ (Quebec) IPA(key): [fɪj] === Noun === fille f (plural filles) girl Coordinate term: garçon Toutes les filles n'aiment pas jouer avec des poupées. ― Not all girls like playing with dolls. daughter Coordinate term: fils (slang) prostitute, wench Synonym: fille des rues Il buvait et courait les filles avant qu'il ne contracte la cirrhose et la blennorragie. ― He drank and consorted with hookers before contracting cirrhosis and gonorrhea. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: fi Louisiana Creole: fiy === Further reading === “fille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === fille inflection of fillar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Irish == === Verb === fille present subjunctive analytic of fill === Mutation === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English fyll, fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄. For forms with /u/, see fulle. ==== Alternative forms ==== fell, felle, fil, fill, fyll, fylle ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛl(ə)/, /ˈfil(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== fille (uncountable) A sufficient amount; the state of satiation. A desired amount; the state of satisfaction. Profusion, surfeit; a state of plenty. ===== Descendants ===== English: fill Yola: vill ===== References ===== “fille, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English fille, an apheretic form of ċerfille. ==== Alternative forms ==== ville ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfil(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== fille (plural filles) Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) Something of little value. ===== References ===== “fille, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== fille alternative form of fillen == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French fille, from Latin fīlia. === Noun === fille f (plural filles) daughter (female child) girl ==== Descendants ==== French: filleHaitian Creole: fiLouisiana Creole: fiy == Norman == === Alternative forms === fil'ye (Jersey) === Etymology === From Old French fille, from Latin fīlia. === Noun === fille f (plural filles) (Jersey, Guernsey) daughter Coordinate term: fils (Jersey, Guernsey) girl == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse filla (“skinn”). === Noun === fille f or m (definite singular filla or fillen, indefinite plural filler, definite plural fillene) a rag ==== Derived terms ==== filledukke === References === “fille” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “fille_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse filla (“skin”), compare Dutch vel. === Noun === fille f (definite singular filla, indefinite plural filler, definite plural fillene) a rag ==== Synonyms ==== lærv (dialectal) ==== Derived terms ==== i filler så fillene ryk === References === “fille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin fīlia(m). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʎə/ === Noun === fille oblique singular, f (oblique plural filles, nominative singular fille, nominative plural filles) daughter (female child) girl ==== Related terms ==== fil ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: filleFrench: filleHaitian Creole: fiLouisiana Creole: fiy Norman: fille, fil'ye Walloon: feye == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology 1 === Compare German füllen, Dutch vullen, English fill. ==== Verb ==== fille to fill to farce === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fille to foal == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪlə/ Hyphenation: fil‧le === Verb === fille (transitive) to skin (transitive) to deceive ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “fille”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN