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filiation

filiation noun: the condition of being a child of a specified parent.

Noun

filiation (countable and uncountable, plural filiations)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
  2. (countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
  3. (countable) The determination of paternity.
  4. (countable) One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.
    • The filiations are from a common stock.

filiation meaning in Bengali

filiation in Bengali

একটি শাখা

Forms of filiation

pluralfiliations

Origin of filiation

First attested in c. 1520. From French filiation

Questions about filiation

What does filiation mean?
Filiation means the condition of being a child of a specified parent.
What is filiation in Bengali?
Filiation in Bengali is একটি শাখা. See Filiation meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is filiation?
Filiation is a noun.
What is the plural of filiation?
The plural of filiation is filiations.

Words near filiation in the dictionary

  1. filiarisis
  2. filiate
  3. filiated
  4. filiates
  5. filiating
  6. filiation
  7. filiations
  8. Filiași
  9. filibeg
  10. filibegs
  11. Filiberto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filiation (page history and authors); filiation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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