fiel
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɛl/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Further reading
- “fiel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fel”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 445
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fiˈɛl], [ˈfjɛl]
Derived terms
Related terms
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/
Audio (Austria) (file) - Homophone: viel
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)
- faithful, loyal
- A Irene é fiel ao seu marido.
- Irene is faithful to her husband.
- Os cachorros são fiéis.
- Dogs are loyal.
- true, trustworthy, accurate
Related terms
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)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fiel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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