familiar

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• UK: /fəˈmɪl.i.ə/
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• General-American: /fəˈmɪl.jɚ/
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• General-American: /fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ/
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• General-American, nonstandard: /fɚˈmɪl.jɚ/
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• South-Asia: /fəˈmil(ɪ)jə(r)/
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• South-Asia: /ˈfam(ɪ)lɪjə(r)/ proscribed, non-stress-shift from family
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• CMU ARPABET: F AH0 M IH1 L Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَأْلُوف (maʔlūf) — known to one
• Armenian: ծանոթ (canotʻ) — known to one
• Bashkir: таныш (tanış) — known to one
• Belarusian: знаёмы (znajómy) — known to one
• Bhojpuri: परिचित (paricit) — known to one
• Bulgarian: позна́т (poznát) — known to one
• Bulgarian: изве́стен (izvésten) — known to one
• Catalan: familiar — known to one
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟悉 (shúxī, shóuxī) — known to one
• Czech: známý — known to one
• Danish: bekendt — known to one
• Dutch: bekend — known to one
• Esperanto: konata — known to one
• Finnish: tuttu — known to one
• French: familier — known to one
• Georgian: ნაცნობი (nacnobi) — known to one
• German: bekannt — known to one
• Greek: οικείος (oikeíos) — known to one
• Greek: γνωστός (gnostós) — known to one
• Greek: γνώριμος (gnórimos) — known to one
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — known to one
• Ancient Greek: γνώριμος (gnṓrimos) — known to one
• Hebrew: מֻכָּר (mukkár) — known to one
• Hindi: परिचित (paricit) — known to one
• Hungarian: ismerős — known to one
• Ido: familiara — known to one
• Irish: aithnidiúil — known to one
• Italian: familiare — known to one
• Japanese: おなじみの (o-najimi no) — known to one
• Korean: 알려진 (allyeojin) — known to one
• Northern Kurdish: nas — known to one
• Northern Kurdish: niyas — known to one
• Ladino: conocido — known to one
• Macedonian: познат (poznat) — known to one
• Malayalam: പരിചയമുള്ള (paricayamuḷḷa) — known to one
• Malayalam: പരിചിതം (paricitaṁ) — known to one
• Marathi: परिचित (paricit) — known to one
• Marathi: ओळखीचे (oḷkhīce) — known to one
• Marathi: ओळखीची (oḷkhīcī) — known to one
• Marathi: ओळखीचा (oḷkhīcā) — known to one
• Norman: fanmilyi — known to one
• Persian: آشنا (âšnâ, âšenâ) — known to one
• Polish: znany — known to one
• Polish: znajomy — known to one
• Polish: nieobcy — known to one
• Portuguese: familiar — known to one
• Romanian: familiar — known to one
• Russian: знако́мый (znakómyj) — known to one
• Russian: изве́стный (izvéstnyj) — known to one
• Serbo-Croatian: упознат — known to one
• Serbo-Croatian: upoznat — known to one
• Slovak: známy — known to one
• Slovene: znan — known to one
• Slovene: poznan — known to one
• Spanish: familiar — known to one
• Swedish: bekant — known to one
• Tagalog: pamilyar — known to one
• Tongan: maheni — known to one
• Ukrainian: знайо́мий (znajómyj) — known to one
• Ukrainian: відо́мий (vidómyj) — known to one
• Armenian: ծանոթ (canotʻ) — acquainted
• Bulgarian: позна́т (poznát) — acquainted
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟悉 (shúxī, shóuxī) — acquainted
• Danish: fortrolig — acquainted
• Danish: bekendt — acquainted
• Dutch: vertrouwd — acquainted
• Finnish: tuttu — acquainted
• Greek: εξοικειωμένος (exoikeioménos) — acquainted
• Hindi: परिचित (paricit) — acquainted
• Irish: eolas a bheith agat ar — acquainted
• Irish: aithnidiúil — acquainted
• Central Kurdish: شارەزا (şareza) — acquainted
• Northern Kurdish: aşna — acquainted
• Northern Kurdish: şareza — acquainted
• Northern Kurdish: pispor — acquainted
• Northern Kurdish: zana — acquainted
• Latin: suētus — acquainted
• Māori: waia — acquainted
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjent — acquainted
• Persian: آشنا (âšnâ, âšenâ) — acquainted
• Polish: znajomy — acquainted
• Portuguese: conhecido — acquainted
• Russian: знако́мый (znakómyj) — acquainted
• Ukrainian: знайо́мий (znajómyj) — acquainted
• Armenian: մտերիմ (mterim) — intimate or friendly
• Bulgarian: бли́зък (blízǎk) — intimate or friendly
• Bulgarian: инти́мен (intímen) — intimate or friendly
• Catalan: familiar — intimate or friendly
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟悉 (shúxī, shóuxī) — intimate or friendly
• Dutch: vertrouwd — intimate or friendly
• Esperanto: familiara — intimate or friendly
• Finnish: läheinen — intimate or friendly
• Finnish: tuttavallinen — intimate or friendly
• French: familier — intimate or friendly
• Greek: οικείος (oikeíos) — intimate or friendly
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — intimate or friendly
• Hindi: परिचित (paricit) — intimate or friendly
• Indonesian: familier — intimate or friendly
• Indonesian: akrab — intimate or friendly
• Italian: familiare — intimate or friendly
• Northern Kurdish: nêz — intimate or friendly
• Northern Kurdish: nêzîk — intimate or friendly
• Māori: rata — intimate or friendly
• Norman: fanmilyi — intimate or friendly
• Polish: bliski — intimate or friendly
• Polish: poufały — intimate or friendly
• Polish: familiarny — intimate or friendly
• Portuguese: próximo — intimate or friendly
• Russian: бли́зкий (blízkij) — intimate or friendly
• Russian: инти́мный (intímnyj) — intimate or friendly
• Tagalog: mahilway — intimate or friendly
• Thai: เป็นมิตร (bpen-mít) — intimate or friendly
• Ukrainian: близьки́й (blyzʹkýj) — intimate or friendly
• Ukrainian: інти́мний (intýmnyj) — intimate or friendly
• Bulgarian: фамилиа́рен (familiáren) — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Dutch: familiair — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Esperanto: trofamiliara — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Finnish: liian tuttavallinen — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Polish: poufały — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Russian: фамилья́рный (familʹjárnyj) — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Tagalog: mahilway — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Ukrainian: фамілья́рний (familʹjárnyj) — inappropriately intimate or friendly
• Armenian: ֆամիլյար (familyar) — attendant spirit
• Chichewa: ndondocha — attendant spirit
• Chinese Mandarin: 使魔 (shǐmó) — attendant spirit
• Dutch: geleidegeest — attendant spirit
• Dutch: geleidedier — attendant spirit
• Finnish: apuolento — attendant spirit
• Finnish: apuhenki — attendant spirit
• French: esprit familier — attendant spirit
• French: familier — attendant spirit
• Greek: δαιμόνια (daimónia) — attendant spirit
• Italian: spirito famigliare — attendant spirit
• Italian: famiglio — attendant spirit
• Japanese: 使い魔 (tsukaima) — attendant spirit
• Korean: 사역마 (sayeongma) — attendant spirit
• Polish: chowaniec — attendant spirit
• Portuguese: espírito familiar — attendant spirit
• Portuguese: familiar — attendant spirit
• Romanian: spirit familiar — attendant spirit
• Romanian: familiar — attendant spirit
• Russian: фамилья́р (familʹjár) — attendant spirit
• Serbo-Croatian: duh zaštitnik — attendant spirit
• Serbo-Croatian: familijar — attendant spirit
• Spanish: espíritu familiar — attendant spirit
• Spanish: familiar — attendant spirit
• Swedish: husande — attendant spirit
• Ukrainian: фамільяр (familʹjar) — attendant spirit
• Vietnamese: sứ ma — attendant spirit