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

familiar

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

   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 not on familiar terms; our neighbour is not familiar

   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:

     Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

4. Inappropriately intimate or friendly.

   Don’t be familiar with me, boy!

5. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

   • familiar feuds

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

• (known to one) unfamiliar, unknown
• (acquainted) unacquainted
• (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. 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], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:

     , II.i.4.2:

     [A] friend of mine, that finding a receipt in Brassavola, would needs take hellebore in substance, and try it on his own person; but had not some of his familiars come to visit him by chance, he had by his indiscretion hazarded himself; many such I have observed.

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