FromMiddle English familiar familier Latin familiāris ( “ pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household ” ) .[ 1] surface analysis ,family -ar Piecewise doublet offamilial Old English hīwcūþ
familiar (comparative morefamiliar ,superlative mostfamiliar )
Known to one, or generally known;commonplace .There’s afamiliar face; that tune soundsfamiliar .
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere ”, inThe Economist 408 , number8845 :Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are alreadyfamiliar to experts in the field.
Acquainted .I'm quitefamiliar with this system; she's notfamiliar withmanual gears . Intimate orfriendly .We are onfamiliar terms now; our neighbour is notfamiliar
Don’t befamiliar with me, boy!
c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene iii] ,page156 , column 1:Be thoufamiliar ; but by no meanes vulgar:[ …]
Of or pertaining to a family;familial . known to one
Arabic:مَأْلُوف ( maʔlūf ) Armenian:ծանոթ (hy) ( canotʻ ) Bashkir:таныш ( tanış ) Belarusian:знаёмы ( znajómy ) Bhojpuri:परिचित ( paricit ) Bulgarian:позна́т (bg) ( poznát ) ,изве́стен (bg) ( izvésten ) Catalan:familiar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:熟悉 (zh) ( shúxī, shóuxī ) Czech:známý (cs) Danish:bekendt (da) Dutch:bekend (nl) Esperanto:konata (eo) Finnish:tuttu (fi) French:familier (fr) Georgian:ნაცნობი ( nacnobi ) German:bekannt (de) Greek:οικείος (el) ( oikeíos ) ,γνωστός (el) ( gnostós ) ,γνώριμος (el) ( gnórimos ) ,φιλικός (el) ( filikós ) Ancient Greek:γνώριμος ( gnṓrimos ) Hebrew:מֻכָּר (he) m ( mukkár ) Hindi:परिचित (hi) ( paricit ) Hungarian:ismerős (hu) Ido:familiara (io) Irish:aithnidiúil Italian:familiare (it) Japanese:おなじみ の ( o-najimi no ) Korean:알려진 (ko) ( allyeojin ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:nas (ku) ,niyas (ku) Ladino:conocido Macedonian:познат ( poznat ) Malayalam:പരിചയമുള്ള ( paricayamuḷḷa ) ,പരിചിതം ( paricitaṁ ) Marathi:परिचित ( paricit ) ,ओळखीचे n ( oḷkhīce ) ,ओळखीची f ( oḷkhīcī ) ,ओळखीचा m ( oḷkhīcā ) Norman:fanmilyi Persian:آشنا (fa) ( âšnâ, âšenâ ) Polish:znany (pl) ,znajomy (pl) ,nieobcy Portuguese:familiar (pt) Romanian:familiar (ro) Russian:знако́мый (ru) ( znakómyj ) ,изве́стный (ru) ( izvéstnyj ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:упознат Latin:upoznat Slovak:známy (sk) Slovene:znan (sl) ,poznan Spanish:familiar (es) Swedish:bekant (sv) Tagalog:pamilyar Tongan:maheni Ukrainian:знайо́мий ( znajómyj ) ,відо́мий ( vidómyj )
intimate or friendly
Armenian:մտերիմ (hy) ( mterim ) Bulgarian:бли́зък (bg) ( blízǎk ) ,инти́мен (bg) ( intímen ) Catalan:familiar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:熟悉 (zh) ( shúxī, shóuxī ) Dutch:vertrouwd (nl) Esperanto:familiara (eo) Finnish:läheinen (fi) ,tuttavallinen (fi) French:familier (fr) Greek:οικείος (el) ( oikeíos ) ,φιλικός (el) ( filikós ) Hindi:परिचित (hi) ( paricit ) Indonesian:familier (id) ,akrab (id) Italian:familiare (it) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:nêz (ku) ,nêzîk (ku) Māori:rata (mi) Norman:fanmilyi Polish:bliski (pl) ,poufały (pl) ,familiarny (pl) Portuguese:próximo (pt) Russian:бли́зкий (ru) ( blízkij ) ,инти́мный (ru) ( intímnyj ) Tagalog:mahilway Thai:เป็นมิตร ( bpen-mít ) Ukrainian:близьки́й (uk) ( blyzʹkýj ) ,інти́мний ( intýmnyj )
inappropriately intimate or friendly
familiar (plural familiars
( witchcraft ) attendant spirit , often inanimal ordemon form.The witch’sfamiliar was a black cat.
1936 The Black Art , London: Long, page75 :Thefamiliars of the magicians, on the other hand, were not in all cases evil, and often may have approximated the "guides" with whom present-day spiritualists are well acquainted.
1971 Richard Carpenter ,Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac , Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 8:"What power hath gold?" Catweazle wondered as he picked up hisfamiliar and put him in his special pocket.
( obsolete ) family orhousehold .A member of apope 's orbishop 's household. ( obsolete ) close friend .1624 Robert Burton ], “Concerning the Patient”, inThe Anatomy of Melancholy: [ … ] [ … ] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC page199 :[A] friend of mine, that finding a Receipt inBraſsivola , would needs take Hellebor in ſubſtance, & try it on his own perſon; but had not ſome of hisfamiliars come to viſite him by chance, he had by his indiſcretion hazarded himſelfe; many ſuch I have obſerued. Friends in the 1st edition.( historical ) Inquisition who arrested suspected people.Borrowed fromLatin familiāris
familiar m or f masculine and feminine plural familiars
familiar familial family-friendly pel·lícules familiars family movies familiar m or f by sense plural familiars
relative familiar m plural familiars
clipping ofcotxe familiar “familiar ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “familiar ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2026 “familiar” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“familiar” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.FromLatin familiāris
familiar m or f plural familiares
of family close ,familiar daily ,plain familiar m plural familiares
relative familiar m
indefinite plural offamilie Borrowed fromLatin familiāris
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /fa.mi.liˈaʁ/ [fa.mi.lɪˈah] ,( faster pronunciation ) /fa.miˈljaʁ/ [fa.miˈljah] ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /fa.mi.liˈaʁ/ [fa.mi.lɪˈah] ,( faster pronunciation ) /fa.miˈljaʁ/ [fa.miˈljah] ( São Paulo ) IPA (key ) : /fa.mi.liˈaɾ/ [fa.mi.lɪˈaɾ] ,( faster pronunciation ) /fa.miˈljaɾ/ ( Rio de Janeiro ) IPA (key ) : /fa.mi.liˈaʁ/ [fa.mi.lɪˈaχ] ,( faster pronunciation ) /fa.miˈljaʁ/ [fa.miˈljaχ] ( Caipira ) IPA (key ) : /fa.mi.liˈaɻ/ [fa.mi.lɪˈaɻ] ,( faster pronunciation ) /fa.miˈljaɻ/
familiar m or f plural familiares
familiar ( known to one ) ( relational ) family familiar m plural familiares
( usually in theplural ) relative ( person in the same family ) familiar ( attendant spirit ) Synonym: espírito familiar Borrowed fromFrench familier Latin familiaris surface analysis ,familie -ar
familiar m or n feminine singular familiară masculine plural familiari feminine/neuter plural familiare
familiar FromLatin familiāris
IPA (key ) : /famiˈljaɾ/ [fa.miˈljaɾ] Rhymes:-aɾ Syllabification:fa‧mi‧liar familiar m or f masculine and feminine plural familiares
familial ,family close ,familiar daily ,plain family-friendly familiar m plural familiares
relative ,family member Synonyms: miembro de la familia pariente ( automotive ) station wagon ;estate car Synonyms: ( Colombia, Venezuela ) camioneta ( Mexico ) guayín ( Spain ) ranchera ( chiefly Argentina ) rural ( Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico ) station wagon ( Bolivia, Mexico ) vagoneta 
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