Dictionary

familiarize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fəˈmɪljəɹaɪ̯z/

Etymology

Etymology tree English familiar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English familiarize From familiar + -ize.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.
   • I took some time to familiarize myself with the layout of her kitchen before I got to cooking for her.

Forms

Deriveds

defamiliarize · familiarizer · unfamiliarized

Relateds

familiarization

Translations (35)

fi perehtyä (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ml പരിചയപ്പെടുക (make or become familiar with something or someone) · bg популяризирам (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ru ознако́миться (make or become familiar with something or someone) · fi perehdyttää (make or become familiar with something or someone) · es familiarizar (make or become familiar with something or someone) · fr familiariser (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ca familiaritzar (make or become familiar with something or someone) · uk познайо́мити (make or become familiar with something or someone) · mi whakawaia (make or become familiar with something or someone) · oc familiarizar (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ru знако́миться (make or become familiar with something or someone) · fi totuttaa (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ru познако́мить (make or become familiar with something or someone) · it familiarizzare (make or become familiar with something or someone) · fi tutustuttaa (make or become familiar with something or someone) · uk ознайо́млювати (make or become familiar with something or someone) · izh aatuttaa (make or become familiar with something or someone) · io familiigar (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ru ознако́мить (make or become familiar with something or someone) · gl familiarizar (make or become familiar with something or someone) · el εξοικειώνω (make or become familiar with something or someone) · bg запознавам (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ml പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക (make or become familiar with something or someone) · uk ознайо́мити (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ru познако́миться (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ang ġehīwcūþlīcian (make or become familiar with something or someone) · fi tutustua (make or become familiar with something or someone) · hi अवगत कराना (make or become familiar with something or someone) · pt familiarizar (make or become familiar with something or someone) · fi tottua (make or become familiar with something or someone) · de sich bekanntmachen (make or become familiar with something or someone) · cmn 使熟悉 (make or become familiar with something or someone) · ru знако́мить (make or become familiar with something or someone) · uk знайо́мити (make or become familiar with something or someone)