Wiktionary

filial

EnglishEdit

WOTD – 12 August 2008

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (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, -iliəl

AdjectiveEdit

filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial)

  1. (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
    • 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]; […]
    Antonym: unfilial
    Hyponyms: daughterly, sonly
    Coordinate terms: motherly, maternal, parental, fatherly, paternal
  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.
    • 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.
    Coordinate term: parental

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fīliālis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

filial (masculine and feminine plural filials)

  1. filial

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

filial

  1. filial, branch.

DeclensionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

DanishEdit

NounEdit

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

  1. (business) branch.

DeclensionEdit

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

Further readingEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fīliālis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin fīliālis.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fi.liˈaw/ [fi.lɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /fiˈljaw/ [fiˈljaʊ̯]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: fi‧li‧al

AdjectiveEdit

filial m or f (plural filiais)

  1. filial (pertaining to a son or daughter)

NounEdit

filial f (plural filiais)

  1. branch office
    Synonym: sucursal

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French filial.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. filial

DeclensionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fīliālis.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

filial (plural filiales)

  1. filial

NounEdit

filial f (plural filiales)

  1. subsidiary, branch

NounEdit

filial m (plural filiales)

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

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

 
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

NounEdit

filial c

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

DeclensionEdit

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

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

filial (nominative plural filials)

  1. subsidiary, branch

DeclensionEdit

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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