Meaning

4 senses

  1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

    There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.

    bekannt

    знако́мыйznakómyj, изве́стныйizvéstnyj

    знайо́мийznajómyj, відо́мийvidómyj

    well known or easily recognized

  2. Acquainted.

    I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.

    знако́мыйznakómyj

    знайо́мийznajómyj

  3. Intimate or friendly.

    We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar

    Don’t be familiar with me, boy!

    бли́зкийblízkij, инти́мныйintímnyj, фамилья́рныйfamilʹjárnyj

    близьки́йblyzʹkýj, інти́мнийintýmnyj, фамілья́рнийfamilʹjárnyj

  4. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

Examples

531 sentences

  1. I am familiar with your name.

    Твоє ім'я мені знайоме. — deniko

    ruВаше имя мне знакомо. — marafon

    deDein Name ist mir bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Your face is familiar to me.

    Твоє обличчя мені знайоме. — deniko

    ruТвоё лицо мне знакомо. — shanghainese

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  3. This song is familiar to me.

    Ця пісня мені знайома. — deniko

    ruЭта песня мне знакома. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. Why does that name sound familiar?

    Чому це ім'я звучить так, ніби я його знаю? — deniko

    ruПочему это имя кажется мне знакомым? — marafon

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  5. The saying is quite familiar to us.

    Ця приказка нам цілком знайома. — Wordowl

    ruЭта поговорка нам вполне знакома. — elsteris

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
known to one:
intimate or friendly:
inappropriately intimate or friendly:
Русский
By meaning 3
known to one:
intimate or friendly:
inappropriately intimate or friendly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
known to one:

Origin

From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pe

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.

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Forms

more familiar, most familiar
Comparativemore familiar Lesson
Superlativemost familiar Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
friendly:closeA1friendlyB2intimateB2personalA1
inappropriately intimate or friendly:cheekyB2freshA2impudent
accustomedC1knownB2predictableB2routineB1habitualwontedwontish
acquainted:acquainted
Close in meaning
  • having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship:intimate
  • (usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly:conversant

Antonyms

14 antonyms
known to one:ignorantB2unfamiliarB2unknownA2
acquainted:unacquainted
intimate:coldA1coolA1distantB1impersonalC1standoffishunfriendlyB1
strangeA1unaccustomedunpredictableB1unwonted

Word family

18 related words
Relatedfamilialacceptedapprovedrecognizedfamiliarity
DerivedfamiliarizeB2confamiliarfamiliar fraudfamiliarismfamiliarizationfamiliarlyfamiliarnessfamiliar strangerhyperfamiliarnonfamiliaroverfamiliarsemifamiliarultrafamiliar

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is familiar with
  • sounds familiar
  • familiar with the
  • look familiar
  • familiar with this
  • name sounds familiar
  • not familiar with
  • familiar faces
  • that sound familiar
  • familiar with that
  • this looked familiar
  • look familiar to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
falterB2fameB2familiarityfamiliarizeB2familyA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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