filioque
/fɪliˈoʊkwiː/noun
filioque is a noun meaning “The use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-L-I-O-Q-U-E, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does filioque mean?
noun
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The use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox Churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
noun
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Alternative letter-case form of filioque.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce filioque?
- /fɪliˈoʊkwiː/
- /fɪliˈoʊkweɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-filioque.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is filioque?
Filioque appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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).
Where does filioque come from?
From Latin filioque, from filiō (“from the son”, ablative) + -que (“and”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).