filial B2 Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈfi.li.əl/ UK /ˈfɪl.i.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #27572 Meanings 1 adj Relating to or suitable for a son or daughter, especially in their duty toward parents. In many cultures, filial respect for one's parents is deeply valued. 2 adj Describing a generation that descends from a particular earlier one, as in genetics. The first filial generation showed the dominant trait clearly. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms filiallyfilialnessfiliopietisticgrandfilialnonfilial Related forms filiation Common collocations filial piety Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”) + -al. *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European filial Middle English fīliālis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # filial **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfi.li.əl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfɪl.i.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 27572 ## Meanings 1. Relating to or suitable for a son or daughter, especially in their duty toward parents. 2. Describing a generation that descends from a particular earlier one, as in genetics. ## Examples - In many cultures, filial respect for one's parents is deeply valued. - The first filial generation showed the dominant trait clearly. ## Derived Forms - filially - filialness - filiopietistic - grandfilial - nonfilial ## Related Forms - filiation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dʰeh₁(y)- - Root: filial - Root: fīliālis ## Etymology From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”) + -al. ## AI Etymology Filial comes from Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”) + -al. In current use, the main senses are “Relating to or suitable for a son or daughter, especially in their duty toward parents” and “Describing a generation that descends from a particular earlier one, as in genetics”. ## Topics - Family & Relationships markdown