filial

Etymology

From Middle French filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪl.i.əl/, /ˈfɪl.jəl/
  • Hyphenation: fil‧i‧al
• (US, also) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.li.əl/
  • Hyphenation: fi‧li‧al

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Adjective

filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
   • 1794, Charlotte Smith, The Banished Man, Volume 2, Chapter 20,

     The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him [D'Alonville]; [...]

2. (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
   • 1885, Confucius, "The actions and Attitude of Filiality", translated by James Legge,^[1]

     If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; [...]

3. (genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
   • 1916, William E. Castle & Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics, p. 101.

     This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, as first filial (F₁), second filial (F₂), etc.

Adjective

filial (masculine and feminine plural filials)

1. filial

Etymology

German Filiale, from Latin filialis - of or pertaining to a son or daughter.

Noun

filial

1. filial, branch.

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Noun

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

1. (business) branch.

Etymology

From Latin fīliālis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /filjal/

Adjective

filial (feminine singular filiale, masculine plural filiaux, feminine plural filiales)

1. Characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• failli

Etymology

From Latin filiālis

Adjective

filial m, f (plural filiais, comparable)

1. filial (pertaining to a son or daughter)

Noun

filial f (plural filiais)

1. branch (office of an organisation)

Etymology

From Latin filiālis

Adjective

filial (plural filiales)

1. filial

Noun

filial f (plural filiales)

1. subsidiary
2. (sports) B team

Noun

filial c

1. branch (office of an organization with several locations)

References

• filial in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Noun

filial (plural filials)

1. subsidiary, branch