filial

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

• (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]; […]

   • 2024 June 23, Sui-Lee Wee, “Why Southeast Asia Is Crying Over This Movie”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 June 2024:

     The plot revolves around an aimless and unemployed young man, M, whose sole ambition is to livestream his online games. He volunteers to take care of his maternal grandmother after he finds out she has Stage 4 cancer. His motivation is not filial piety; instead, he hopes that he can inherit her house.

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^[2], 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.

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “filial”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[3] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Borrowed from Latin fīliālis.

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

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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]‎^[4], 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