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• (British) IPA: /fəˈmɪl.i.ə/
• (America) IPA: /fəˈmɪl.jɚ/, /fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ/, /fɚˈmɪl.jɚ/

familiar

1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗, page 249 ↗:

     The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.

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

2. Acquainted.

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

3. Intimate or friendly.

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

   Don’t be familiar with me, boy!

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene iii], page 156 ↗, column 1:

     Be thou familiar; but by no meanes vulgar: […]

4. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
   • 1822, Lord Byron, Werner

     familiar feuds

• (acquainted) acquainted
• (intimate, friendly) close, friendly, intimate, personal
• (inappropriately intimate or friendly) cheeky, fresh, impudent

• (antonym(s) of “known to one”): unfamiliar, unknown
• (antonym(s) of “acquainted”): unacquainted
• (antonym(s) of “intimate”): cold, cool, distant, impersonal, standoffish, unfriendly

• familial

• French: familier
• German: bekannt
• Italian: familiare
• Portuguese: familiar
• Russian: знако́мый
• Spanish: familiar

• Portuguese: conhecido
• Russian: знако́мый

• French: familier
• Italian: familiare
• Portuguese: próximo
• Russian: бли́зкий

• Russian: фамилья́рный

familiar (plural familiars)

1. (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.

   The witch’s familiar was a black cat.

2. (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
3. A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
4. (obsolete) A close friend.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Concerning the Patient”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC ↗, partition 2, section 1, member 4, subsection 3, page 199:

     [A] friend of mine, that finding a Receipt in Braſsivola, would needs take Hellebor in ſubſtance, & try it on his own perſon; but had not ſome of his familiars come to viſite him by chance, he had by his indiſcretion hazarded himſelfe; many ſuch I have obſerued.

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

• nigget

• French: esprit familier, familier
• Italian: spirito famigliare, famiglio
• Portuguese: espírito familiar, familiar
• Russian: фамилья́р
• Spanish: espíritu familiar, familiar