familiarize

English

Alternative forms

• familiarise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English familiar

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English familiarize

From familiar + -ize.

Pronunciation

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

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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. (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.

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)
• Hindi: अवगत कराना (avgat karānā)
• Ido: familiigar
• Ingrian: aatuttaa
• Italian: familiarizzare (it)
• Malayalam: പരിചയപ്പെടുക (paricayappeṭuka) (intransitive), പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക (paricayappeṭuttuka) (transitive)
• Māori: 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