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/fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/
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/fəmɪˈljæɹɪti/
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CMU ARPABET:
F AH0 M IH2 L Y EH1 R AH0 T IY0
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The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
An instance of familiar behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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an act of undue intimacy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impropriety, indecorum, liberty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
close or warm friendship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intimacy, closeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: friendliness
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unfamiliarity
Broader terms: usualness
a casual manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: casualness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: informality
Narrower terms: slanginess
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acquaintance, conversance, conversancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: information
From Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþnes. Morphologically familiar + -ity.
Across languages
Translations 34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani :
yaxınlıq
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Bulgarian :
интимност
(intimnost)
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Catalan :
familiaritat
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Catalan :
intimitat
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Catalan :
confiança
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
French :
familiarité
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
German :
Vertrautheit
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Hebrew :
קרבה
(kirvá)
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Hebrew :
היכרות קרובה
(hekerút krová)
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Hebrew :
מוכרות
(mukarút)
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Hebrew :
קריבות
(krivút)
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Latin :
conversātiō
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Portuguese :
familiaridade
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Romanian :
familiaritate
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Romanian :
intimitate
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Spanish :
intimidad
— the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy
Bulgarian :
фамилиарност
(familiarnost)
— undue intimacy; impertinence
Catalan :
confiança
— undue intimacy; impertinence
French :
familiarité
— undue intimacy; impertinence
Hebrew :
גסות
(gasút)
— undue intimacy; impertinence
Romanian :
impertinență
— undue intimacy; impertinence
Russian :
фамильярность
(familʹjarnostʹ)
— undue intimacy; impertinence
Spanish :
impertinencia
— undue intimacy; impertinence
Catalan :
familiaritat
— an instance of familiar behaviour
French :
familiarité
— an instance of familiar behaviour
Hebrew :
גסות
(gasút)
— an instance of familiar behaviour
Spanish :
familiaridad
— an instance of familiar behaviour
Bulgarian :
близки отношения
(blizki otnošenija)
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
Catalan :
confiança
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
Hebrew :
מוכרות
(mukarút)
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
Middle English :
aqueyntaunce
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
Romanian :
familiaritate
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
Russian :
ознакомленность
(oznakomlennostʹ)
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
Spanish :
familiaridad
— close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability
