different between cilial vs filial

English

Adjective

cilial (not comparable)

1. Relating to cilia

English

Etymology

From Middle English filial, from Latin f?li?lis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?f?l.i.?l/, /?f?l.j?l/
  • Hyphenation: fil?i?al
• (US, also) IPA^(key): /?fi.li.?l/
  • Hyphenation: fi?li?al

Adjective

filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
   • 1794, Charlotte Smith, The Banished Man, Volume 2, Chapter 20,

     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: maternal, parental, paternal

2. (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
   • 1885, Confucius, "The actions and Attitude of Filiality", translated by James 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, p. 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

Derived terms

• filial piety

Related terms

• filiation

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin f?li?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fi.li?al/

Adjective

filial (masculine and feminine plural filials)

1. filial

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From German Filiale, from Latin f?li?lis (“of or pertaining to a son or daughter”).

Noun

filial

1. filial, branch.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], 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 f?li?lis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ljal/

Adjective

filial (feminine singular filiale, masculine plural filiaux, feminine plural filiales)

1. 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• failli

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fili?lis

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fili?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi?lja?/

Adjective

filial m or f (plural filiais, comparable)

1. filial (pertaining to a son or daughter)

Noun

filial f (plural filiais)

1. branch (office of an organisation)

Related terms

• filho

Romanian

Etymology

From French filial

Adjective

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

1. filial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin f?li?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?ljal/, [fi?ljal]
• Hyphenation: fi?lial

Adjective

filial (plural filiales)

1. filial

Noun

filial f (plural filiales)

1. subsidiary
2. (sports) B team

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