Meaning

5 senses
  1. An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.

    The witch’s familiar was a black cat.

    фамилья́рfamilʹjár

    фамільярfamilʹjar

    a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

  2. A member of a pope's or bishop's household.

    a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

  3. (historical)The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.

  4. (obsolete)A member of one's family or household.

  5. (obsolete)A close friend.

    a friend who is frequently in the company of another

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

  2. Your face is familiar to me.

    Твоє обличчя мені знайоме. — deniko

    ruТвоё лицо мне знакомо. — shanghainese

  3. This song is familiar to me.

    Ця пісня мені знайома. — deniko

    ruЭта песня мне знакома. — al_ex_an_der

  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

  5. The saying is quite familiar to us.

    Ця приказка нам цілком знайома. — Wordowl

    ruЭта поговорка нам вполне знакома. — elsteris

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attendant spirit:
Русский
By meaning 1
attendant spirit:

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

plural: familiars
Singularfamiliar
Pluralfamiliars

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard:familiar spirit
  • a friend who is frequently in the company of another:companioncomradefellowassociate

Word family

1 related words
Relateddaimon

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

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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