filial

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɪl.i.əl/|/ˈfɪl.jəl/    美 /ˈfɪl.i.əl/|/ˈfɪl.jəl/|/ˈfi.li.əl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. not-comparable
    — 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]; […]
  2. Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents. comparable
    — If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; […]
  3. Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
    — 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.

词形变化

more filial comparative most filial superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
filial duty filial generation filially filialness filial piety filiopietistic grandfilial nonfilial
相关词
filiation

词源

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.
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