familiarize

English

Alternative forms

• familiarise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From familiar +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/, /fəˈmɪljəɹaɪ̯z/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

familiarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.

Derived terms

• defamiliarize
• familiarizer
• unfamiliarized

Related terms

• familiarization

Translations

make or become familiar with something or someone

• Bulgarian: запознавам (bg) (zapoznavam), популяризирам (bg) (populjariziram)
• Catalan: familiaritzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使熟悉 (shǐ shúxī)

• Finnish: tutustuttaa (fi), perehdyttää (fi), totuttaa (fi) (make familiar); tutustua (fi), perehtyä (fi), tottua (fi) (become familiar)
• French: familiariser (fr)
• Galician: familiarizar
• German: sich bekanntmachen
• Greek: εξοικειώνω (el) (exoikeióno)
• Ido: familiigar
• Ingrian: aatuttaa
• Italian: familiarizzare (it)
• Malayalam: പരിചയപ്പെടുക (paricayappeṭuka) (intransitive), പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക (paricayappeṭuttuka) (transitive)
• Maori: whakawaia
• Occitan: familiarizar (oc)
• Old English: ġehīwcūþlīcian
• Portuguese: familiarizar (pt)
• Russian: (become familiar) знако́миться (ru) impf (znakómitʹsja), познако́миться (ru) pf (poznakómitʹsja), ознако́миться (ru) pf (oznakómitʹsja); (make familiar) знако́мить (ru) impf (znakómitʹ), познако́мить (ru) pf (poznakómitʹ), ознако́мить (ru) pf (oznakómitʹ)
• Spanish: familiarizar (es)
• Ukrainian: знайо́мити impf (znajómyty), познайо́мити pf (poznajómyty), ознайо́млювати impf (oznajómljuvaty), ознайо́мити (uk) pf (oznajómyty)

Galician

Verb

familiarize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of familiarizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

familiarize

1. inflection of familiarizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative