fiel

See also: Fiel and -fiel

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛl/
  • (file)

Noun

fiel m (plural fiels)

  1. bile
    Synonym: bile

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fiˈɛl], [ˈfjɛl]

Adjective

fiel m or f (plural fieis)

  1. faithful, loyal
  2. true, trustworthy, accurate

Derived terms

Noun

fiel m or f by sense (plural fieis)

  1. (historical) witness
  2. believer

References

  • fiel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • fiel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • fiel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • fiel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːl/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: viel

Verb

fiel

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of fallen

Middle English

Noun

fiel (plural fiels)

  1. Alternative form of fiele

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈɛw/ [fɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfjɛw/ [ˈfjɛʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfjɛl/ [ˈfjɛɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfjɛ.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: fi‧el

Adjective

fiel m or f (plural fiéis)

  1. faithful, loyal
    A Irene é fiel ao seu marido.
    Irene is faithful to her husband.
    Os cachorros são fiéis.
    Dogs are loyal.
  2. true, trustworthy, accurate

Derived terms

Noun

fiel m or f by sense (plural fiéis)

  1. believer
    Synonym: crente
  2. churchgoer

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjel/ [ˈfjel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: fiel

Adjective

fiel m or f (masculine and feminine plural fieles, superlative fidelísimo)

  1. faithful, true
    Irene siempre ha sido fiel a su marido.
    Irene has always been faithful to her husband.
    fiel a quien eres.
    Be true to who you are.
  2. loyal
    Los perros son fieles.
    Dogs are loyal.

Derived terms

Further reading

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