filial
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
filial
- (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]; [...]
- Antonyms: unfilial
- hypo en
- Coordinate terms: maternal#English|maternal, parental#English|parental, paternal#English|paternal
- 1794, Charlotte Smith, The Banished Man, Volume 2, Chapter 20,
- (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; [...]
- 1885, Confucius, "The actions and Attitude of Filiality", translated by James Legge,
- (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#English|parental
- 1916, William E. Castle & Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics ↗, p. 101.
- French: filial
- German: söhnlich (sonly), töchterlich (daughterly)
- Portuguese: filial
- Russian: сыно́вий
- Spanish: filial
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