familiar
Portuguese, noun/fa.mi.liˈaʁ/
familiar is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Familiar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “relative (person in the same family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa da família”.
What does familiar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefamiliar (known to one)
- 2
femininemasculinefamily
noun
- 1
masculinerelative (person in the same family)
- 2
masculinefamiliar (attendant spirit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é da família 2. caseiro 3. doméstico 4. conhecido
noun: 1. pessoa da família
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of familiar
- familiares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce familiar?
- Brazil /fa.mi.liˈaʁ/
- Brazil [fa.mi.liˈah]
- Brazil /fa.miˈljaʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to familiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is familiar in Portuguese?
familiar appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).