filarial
/fɪˈlɛəɹɪəl/adjective
filarial is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-L-A-R-I-A-L, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does filarial mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof.
- 2
Straight, as if in a line.
the filarial flight of birds
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce filarial?
- UK /fɪˈlɛəɹɪəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is filarial?
Filarial appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Filarial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to filaria:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | filarial |
| Portuguese | filarial |
| Spanish | filarial |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does filarial come from?
From filaria + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).