filiation
English edit
Etymology edit
First attested in c. 1520. From French filiation
Noun edit
filiation (countable and uncountable, plural filiations)
- (uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
- (countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
- (countable, law) The determination of paternity.
- (countable, law) One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.
- The filiations are from a common stock.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
filiation f (plural filiations)
Further reading edit
- “filiation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.