Filialとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”) + -al.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈfɪl.i.əl/, /ˈfɪl.jəl/
  • ハイフネーション: fil‧i‧al
• (米国発音, also) IPA: /ˈfi.li.əl/
  • ハイフネーション: fi‧li‧al
• 韻: -ɪliəl, -ɪljəl, -iːliəl

形容詞

filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

   Antonym: unfilial

   Hyponyms: daughterly, sonly

   Coordinate terms: motherly, maternal, parental, fatherly, paternal

   • 1794, Charlotte Smith, “Chapter 20”, in The Banished Man, volume 2:

     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]; […]

   • 2024 June 23, Sui-Lee Wee, “Why Southeast Asia Is Crying Over This Movie”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 June 2024:

     The plot revolves around an aimless and unemployed young man, M, whose sole ambition is to livestream his online games. He volunteers to take care of his maternal grandmother after he finds out she has Stage 4 cancer. His motivation is not filial piety; instead, he hopes that he can inherit her house.

2. (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.
   • 1885, The actions and Attitude of Filiality, (Please provide the book title or journal name), translation of original by ConfuciusJames Legge:

     If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; […]

3. (genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.

   Coordinate term: parental

   • 1916, William E. Castle, Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics‎, page 101:

     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.

派生語

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