filial

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English

WOTD – 12 August 2008

Etymology

From Middle English 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
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪliəl, -ɪljəl, -iːliəl

Adjective

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, 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.

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic филиал
Abjad فیلیال

Etymology

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

Noun

filial (definite accusative filialı, plural filiallar)

  1. filial, branch.

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

filial m or f (masculine and feminine plural filials)

  1. filial

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From German Filiale, from Latin fīliālis (“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

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

Danish

Noun

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

  1. (business) branch.

Declension

Declension of filial
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative filial filialen filialer filialerne
genitive filials filialens filialers filialernes

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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)

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Indonesian

Noun

filial (first-person possessive filialku, second-person possessive filialmu, third-person possessive filialnya)

  1. filial branch

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fi.liˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /fiˈljaw/
 

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

Adjective

filial m or f (plural filiais)

  1. filial (pertaining to a son or daughter)

Noun

filial f (plural filiais)

  1. branch office
    Synonym: sucursal

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French filial.

Adjective

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

  1. filial

Declension

Declension of filial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite filial filială filiali filiale
definite filialul filiala filialii filialele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite filial filiale filiali filiale
definite filialului filialei filialilor filialelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

filial m or f (masculine and feminine plural filiales)

  1. filial

Noun

filial f (plural filiales)

  1. subsidiary, branch

Noun

filial m (plural filiales)

  1. (sports) reserve team, B team
    Synonym: equipo filial

Further reading

Swedish

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Noun

filial c

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

Declension

Declension of filial 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative filial filialen filialer filialerna
Genitive filials filialens filialers filialernas

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Volapük

Noun

filial (nominative plural filials)

  1. subsidiary, branch

Declension

declension of filial
singular plural
nominative filial filials
genitive filiala filialas
dative filiale filiales
accusative filiali filialis
vocative 1 o filial! o filials!
predicative 2 filialu filialus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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