فلوس

See also: ڢلوس

Arabic

Noun

فُلُوس • (fulūs) pl

1. plural of فِلْس (fils)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.luːs/

Noun

فلوس • (filūs)

1. money

   معنديش عربيّة علشان مفيش فلوس كفاية

   maʕindīš ʕarabiyya ʕalašān mafīš filūs kifāya

   I don't have a car because there's not enough money .

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /fluːs/

Noun

فْلوس • (flūs)

1. (plural only) money
2. plural of فِلْس (“fils, a unit of currency equivalent to 1/1000th of a Kuwaiti and Bahraini Dinar”)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.luːs/, /fi.luːs/

Noun

فلوس • (fulūs, filūs) pl

1. money

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluːs/

• Audio:

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Noun

فلوس • (flūs) m pl

1. money

   ما عندي فلوس ― mā ʕandi flūs ― I have no money

   رجع الفلوس للراجل ― rajjaʕ le-flūs l-er-rājil ― Give the guy his money back.

   فلوس الخلصة صرفتها قبل ما يسالي الشهر.

   flūs el-ḵulṣa ṣrafthum qbal mā ysāli š-šhar.

   I spent all my salary before the end of the month.

2. plural of فلس (fals, “dime”)

Descendants

• → Dutch: floes
• → Swedish: flos

Etymology 2

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language, from Latin pullus. Compare Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs), Maltese fellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal.luːs/

Noun

فلوس • (fallūs) m (plural فلالس (flālis))

1. chick, young chicken

   شريت جوج فلالس ملونين لولادي.

   šrīt jūj flālis mlawwnīn le-wlādi.

   I bought two coloured chicks for my kids.

2. (Chiefly in the north) rooster

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ل س
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluːs/, [fluːs]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

فلوس • (flūs) pl

1. plural of فلس (fils, “a small coin”)
2. money

   Synonym: مصاري (maṣāri)

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluːs/

Noun

فلوس (flūs) m pl

1. money

Etymology 2

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language, from Latin pullus. Compare Moroccan Arabic فلوس (fallūs), Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs), Maltese fellus.

Noun

فلوس (fallūs) m (plural فلالس (flālis))

1. chick, young chicken