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6-letter words (1 found)

FILIAL,

5-letter words (2 found)

FLAIL,ILIAL,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALIF,FAIL,FALL,FILA,FILL,ILIA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,ALF,ALL,FIL,ILL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AL,FA,IF,LA,LI,

You can make 20 words from filial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of filial

filial

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
  • 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
  2. (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.
  3. (genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
    Coordinate term: parental

Derived terms

  • filial duty
  • filial generation
  • filial piety
  • filially
  • filialness

Related terms

  • filiation

Translations

References


Azerbaijani

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

  • “filial” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

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

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

References

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

Danish

Noun

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

  1. (business) branch.

Declension

Further reading

  • “filial” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.ljal/

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)

Derived terms

  • filiale n. f.

Further reading

  • “filial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • failli

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

  • 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

Related terms

  • filho

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fīliālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈljal/ [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

  • “filial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

filial c

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

Declension

Related terms

  • bankfilial
  • filialaffär
  • filialkontor

References

  • filial in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Volapük

Noun

filial (nominative plural filials)

  1. subsidiary, branch

Declension


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