A French noun.
1. A daughter, female offspring. Derived from the Latin word "
filia".
2. A girl, although jeune fille ("young daughter") is often used. The diminutive "fillette" is used to denote a little girl.
3. Slang for a prostitute, as a shortening of terms like "
fille de joie", "
fille de la rue", and "fille publique".
1. Après elle a licenciée de son travail,
Fantine était désespérée
gagner l'argent à sauver sa fille
aimée, sa petite Cosette(After she was fired from her job, Fantine was desperate to earn money to save her beloved daughter, her little Cosette).
2. Deux garçons et trois jeunes filles ont courus à travers le parque (Two boys and three girls ran through the park).
3. Il courait les filles au lieu
d'obéir les souhaits de ses parents pour se marier (He chased the girls instead of obeying his parents' wish for him to marry).
