filial

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

• (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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• Rhymes: -ɪliəl, -ɪljəl, -iːliəl

filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

   Antonym: unfilial

   Hyponyms: daughterly, sonly

   Coordinate terms: motherly, maternal, parental, fatherly, paternal

   • 1794, Charlotte Smith, “Chapter 20”, in The Banished Man, volume 2:

     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 sons or daughters toward their parents.
   • 1885, The actions and Attitude of Filiality, (Please provide the book title or journal name), translation of original by ConfuciusJames 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.

   Coordinate term: parental

   • 1916, William E. Castle, Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics‎^[1], page 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.

• filiation

From German Filiale, from Latin fīliālis (“of or pertaining to a son or daughter”).

filial (definite accusative filialı, plural filiallar)

1. filial, branch.

• “filial” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Latin fīliālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fi.liˈal]

filial m or f (masculine and feminine plural filials)

1. filial

From German Filiale, from Latin fīliālis (“of or pertaining to a son or daughter”).

filial

1. filial, branch.

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Latin filialis

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

1. (business) branch.

• “filial” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin fīliālis.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ljal/

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

1. filial (characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents)

• filiale n. f.

• “filial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• failli

filial (plural filial-filial)

1. filial branch

Learned borrowing from Latin fīliālis.

• Rhymes: -al

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: fi‧li‧al

filial m or f (plural filiais)

1. filial (pertaining to a son or daughter)

filial f (plural filiais)

1. branch office

   Synonym: sucursal

• filho

Borrowed from French filial.

filial m or n (feminine singular filială, masculine plural filiali, feminine and neuter plural filiale)

1. filial

From Latin fīliālis.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈljal/ [fiˈljal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fi‧lial

filial m or f (masculine and feminine plural filiales)

1. filial

filial f (plural filiales)

1. subsidiary, branch

filial m (plural filiales)

1. (sports) reserve team, B team

   Synonym: equipo filial

• “filial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Latin filial

filial c

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

• bankfilial
• filialaffär
• filialkontor

• filial in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

filial (nominative plural filials)

1. subsidiary, branch