familial
Of or pertaining to a human familyOf or pertaining to a human family.
» We celebrated Christmas with a familial lunch.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Of or pertaining to a human family.
Mark had to leave work due to familial obligations.
Familien-, familiär
семе́йныйseméjnyj, фами́льныйfamílʹnyj
роди́ннийrodýnnyj, сіме́йнийsiméjnyj
relating to or having the characteristics of a family
(not comparable)Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of family.
Having milky latex is a familial characteristic of Apocynaceae.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
"Grandfather", "mother", and "brother" are some English familial terms.
(not comparable)Inherited.
fatal familial insomnia
Examples
1 sentencesWe celebrated Christmas with a familial lunch.
Translations
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Origin
From French familial (“relating to a family; familial”), from Latin familia (“family (in tFrom French familial (“relating to a family; familial”), from Latin familia (“family (in the sense of the slaves working for a household); household”) (from famulus (“servant; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place, put”)) + French -al (adjective-forming suffix) (from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). By surface analysis, family + -al. Piecewise doublet of familiar.
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity:genetichereditaryinheritedtransmittedtransmissible