familiarize

English

Alternative forms

• familiarise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

familiar +‎ -ize

Verb

(North American and Oxford British spelling)

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

Related terms

• familiarization

Translations

make or become familiar with something or someone

• Bulgarian: запознавам (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
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• German: sich bekanntmachen
• Ido: familiigar
• Italian: familiarizzare
• 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)

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Portuguese

Verb

familiarize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of familiarizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of familiarizar
3. third-person singular imperative of familiarizar