filial
French, adjective/fi.ljal/
filial is spelled F-I-L-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filial is a French adjective meaning “filial (characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à un enfant à l’égard de ses parents”.
What does filial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
filial (characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à un enfant à l’égard de ses parents.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of filial
- filiale feminine
- filiaux masculine plural
- filiales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filial?
- /fi.ljal/
- \fi.ljal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filial in French?
filial appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).