filial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.
Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.

/ˈfɪl.i.əl/ /ˈfɪl.jəl/ /ˈfi.li.əl/ en-us-filial.ogg

filial more filial most filial

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

unfilial

filiation

filial duty filial generation filially filialness filial piety filiopietistic grandfilial nonfilial

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