Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.

    Vertrautheit

    an act of undue intimacy

  2. (countable, uncountable)Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.

    фамильярностьfamilʹjarnostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)An instance of familiar behaviour.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.

    ознакомленностьoznakomlennostʹ

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Familiarity breeds contempt and children.

    ruБлизкое знакомство рождает презрение и детей.

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  2. Familiarity breeds contempt.

    ruЧем ближе знаешь, тем меньше почитаешь.

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  3. Love's intensity can wane as familiarity grows.

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  4. Our company's visual identity was designed to evoke a sense of trust and familiarity.

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  5. I wouldn't permit such familiarity.

    ruЯ бы не допустил такой фамильярности.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
undue intimacy; impertinence:
close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy:

Origin

From Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem. Displaced native Old English hī

From Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþnes. Morphologically familiar + -ity.

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Forms

plural: familiarities
Singularfamiliarity
Pluralfamiliarities

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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