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# filial

«filial» in Mova's school dictionary: **of a son or daughter, or owed by a child to a parent:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Filial means of a son or daughter, or owed by a child to a parent: filial duty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/#m1)

2) In old stories «filial» describes a child who is loving, respectful and obedient to a parent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a child who obeys and honours a father or mother; «filial piety» means respect for one's parents

### examples

- She was a filial daughter who cared for her father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/#x1)
- The prince showed filial love by obeying the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/#x2)
- Be obedient and filial to your mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/#x3)
- Her filial piety was known throughout the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «filial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.