0 a male child -- fils [ masculine ]
I have three sons. J’ai trois fils.
1 a male child (when spoken of in relation to his parents) -- fils
He is the son of the manager.
They ask us where their children are, their sons.
When you have a son you have dreams for him.
In that region we met parents, desperate parents powerless to stop their young sons leaving for the mountains.
They and the other parents of sons and daughters who have died deserved an explanation.
Even worse is the fact that it is a tyranny where power is handed down from father to son.
He leaves a wife and three sons.