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fil·i·al

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–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience.

2.	noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.

3.	Genetics. pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parental generation, each generation being designated by an F followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL fīliālis, equiv. to L fīli(us) son + -ālis -al¹

]

—Related forms

fil·i·al·ly, adverb

fil·i·al·ness, noun

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fil·i·al Audio Help (fĭl'ē-əl, fē'lē-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect.
Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent.
Genetics Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin fīliālis, from Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

fil'i·al·ly adv.

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filial

1393, from M.Fr. filial, from L.L. filialis "of a son or daughter," from L. filius "son," filia "daughter," possibly from a suffixed form of PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, grow" (see be), though *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle" (see fecund) "is more likely" [Watkins].

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filial
adjective
1.	designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation [ant: parental]
2.	relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect" [ant: maternal]

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filial [ˈfiliəl] adjective

of or suitable to a son or daughter
Example: filial piety

Arabic:	بَنَوي
Chinese (Simplified):	子女的
Chinese (Traditional):	子女的
Czech:	synovský, dceřiný
Danish:	sønlig; datterlig
Dutch:	kinderlijk
Estonian:	lapse(-)
Finnish:	lapsen
French:	filial
German:	kindlich
Greek:	που ανήκει, αφορά ή αναφέρεται σε γιο ή κόρη
Hungarian:	gyermeki
Icelandic:	sonar— eða dótturlegur
Indonesian:	mengenai anak
Italian:	filiale

Japanese:	子の
Korean:	자식(으로서)의
Latvian:	dēla-; meitas-
Lithuanian:	dukters, sūnaus, dukteriškas, sūniškas
Norwegian:	sønnlig, *datterlig, fra barnas side
Polish:	synowski
Portuguese (Brazil):	filial
Portuguese (Portugal):	filial
Romanian:	filial
Russian:	сыновний; дочерний
Slovak:	synovský, dcérsky
Slovenian:	sinovski
Spanish:	filial
Swedish:	sonlig, dotterlig
Turkish:	evlâda ait