filial
Portuguese, noun/fi.liˈaw/
filial is spelled F-I-L-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filial is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “branch office” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estabelecimento dependente de um outro, que é a sede; sucursal”.
What does filial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefilial (pertaining to a son or daughter)
noun
- 1
femininebranch office
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. próprio de ou relativo a filho:
noun: 1. estabelecimento dependente de um outro, que é a sede; sucursal:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of filial
- filiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filial?
- Brazil /fi.liˈaw/
- Brazil [fi.liˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /fiˈljaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
filial appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).