fiel

From Old French fiel, fel, according to the TLFi, a borrowing from Latin fel, itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green”).

• IPA^(key): /fjɛl/

fiel m (plural fiels)

1. bile

• bile

• “fiel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• file, filé

• IPA^(key): /fiːl/

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Homophone: viel

fiel

1. First-person singular preterite of fallen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of fallen.

fiel (plural fiels)

1. Alternative form of fiele

• “fīel(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

From Old Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɛɫ/
• Hyphenation: fi‧el
• Rhymes: -ɛw

fiel (plural fiéis, comparable)

1. faithful, loyal

   Irene é fiel ao seu marido.

   Irene is faithful to her husband.

   Os cachorros são fiéis.

   Dogs are loyal.

2. true, trustworthy, accurate

From Old Spanish fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjel/
• Rhymes: -el

fiel (plural fieles) (superlative fidelísimo)

1. faithful

   Irene siempre ha sido fiel a su marido.

   Irene has always been faithful to her husband.

2. loyal

   Los perros son fieles.

   Dogs are loyal.

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