filial

English

WOTD – 12 August 2008    

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈfɪl.i.əl/, /ˈfɪl.jəl/, X-SAMPA: /"fIl.i.@l/, /"fIl.j@l/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: fil‧i‧al

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,

     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, [...]

Synonyms

• (pertaining to or befitting of children): sonly, daughterly

Antonyms

• (pertaining to or befitting of children): maternal, paternal
• (descendent): parental

Derived terms

• filial piety

Related terms

• filiation

Translations

Pertaining to a son or daughter

• Esperanto: fila (eo), filina (eo)
• Estonian: lapselik (et)
• French: filial (fr) m, filiale (fr) f
• Norwegian (bokmål): sønnlig (no), datterlig (no)

• Norwegian (nynorsk): barnleg (nn)
• Portuguese: filial (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: macail (gd)
• Spanish: filial (es)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Noun

filial

1. filial, branch.

Declension

    declension of filial

nominative	filial
genitive	filialnıñ
dative	filialğa
accusative	filialnı
locative	filialda
ablative	filialdan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

Noun

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

1. (business) branch.

Inflection

    Inflection of filial

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	filial	filialen	filialer	filialerne
genitive	filials	filialens	filialers	filialernes

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French

Etymology

From Latin fīliālis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /filjal/

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• filiale n. f.

Anagrams

• failli

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Spanish

Adjective

filial m and f (plural filiales)

1. filial

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Swedish

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Noun

filial c

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

Declension

Declension of filial

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	filial	filialen	filialer	filialerna
genitive	filials	filialens	filialers	filialernas

Related terms

• bankfilial
• filialaffär
• filialkontor

References

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