filz

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filz

1. singular imperative of filzen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of filzen

Old French fils and its variants, from Latin filius

filz m (plural filz)

1. son (male child) quotations ▼
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Et le doubte que troubloit son entendement estoit assavoir s'il devoit plorer pour le deuil de sa femme, ou rire pour la joye de son filz.

     And the problem that bothered him was to know whether he should cry for the death of his wife, or laugh for the birth of his son.

• French: fils

• fils, fis, fitz, fiz

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiʎt͡s/

filz

1. inflection of fil (“son”):
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

• Middle French: filz
  • French: fils
• Norman: fils, fis (Jersey)
• → English: Fitz- (via Anglo-Norman fitz)