filial

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.i.əl/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.jəl/
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• General-American, also: /ˈfi.li.əl/
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• rhymes with -ɪliəl
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• rhymes with -ɪljəl
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• rhymes with -iːliəl
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• CMU ARPABET: F IH1 L IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1(y)- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *dhh1ilyós Proto-Italic *θīlios Proto-Italic *fīlios Latin fīlius Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin fīliālisder. Middle English filial English filial From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”) + -al.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِبْنِيّ (ʔibniyy) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Belarusian: сыно́ўскі (synówski) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Belarusian: сы́наў (sýnaw) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Belarusian: даччы́н (daččýn) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Bulgarian: сино́вен (sinóven) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Bulgarian: на дъщеря́ (na dǎšterjá) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Bulgarian: дъ́щерен (dǎ́šteren) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Catalan: filial — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Chinese Mandarin: 子女的 (zǐnǚ de) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Czech: synovský — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Danish: sønlig (sonly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Danish: datterlig (daughterly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Dutch: zoonlijk — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Dutch: dochterlijk (daughterly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Esperanto: fila — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Esperanto: filina — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Estonian: lapselik — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Finnish: lapsenomainen — pertaining to a son or daughter
• French: filial — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Galician: filial — pertaining to a son or daughter
• German: söhnlich (sonly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• German: töchterlich (daughterly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• German: filial — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Greek: θυγατρικός (thygatrikós) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Italian: filiale — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Manx: macoil — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Norwegian Bokmål: sønnlig (sonly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Norwegian Bokmål: datterlig (daughterly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barnleg — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Polish: synowski (sonly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Polish: córczyny (daughterly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Portuguese: filial — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Russian: сыно́вий (synóvij) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Russian: сыно́вний (synóvnij) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Russian: доче́рний (dočérnij) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Russian: дочери́нский (dočerínskij) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Scottish Gaelic: macail — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Slovak: synovský — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Spanish: filial — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Ukrainian: сині́вський (synívsʹkyj) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Ukrainian: си́нів (sýniv) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Ukrainian: дочі́рній (dočírnij) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Ukrainian: доччи́н (doččýn) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Ukrainian: до́ньчин (dónʹčyn) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Welsh: mabol (sonly) — pertaining to a son or daughter
• Chinese Cantonese: 孝順嘅 /孝顺嘅 (haau3 seon6 ge3) — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Chinese Mandarin: 孝順的 /孝顺的 (xiàoshùn de) — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Finnish: lapsenomainen — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Finnish: vanhempiaan kunnioittava — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Japanese: 孝行する (kōkō-suru) — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Korean: 효도하다 (hyodohada) — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Korean: 효행하다 (hyohaenghada) — respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents
• Chinese Mandarin: 子代的 — of descending generation or generations
• Finnish: jälkeläis- — of descending generation or generations
• Finnish: jälki- (in term jälkipolvi) — of descending generation or generations