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familial

  • /fəˈmɪljəl/ US, UK

Where it comes from

From French familial (“relating to a family; familial”), from Latin familia (“family (in the sense of the slaves working for a household); household”) (from famulus (“servant; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place, put”)) + French -al (adjective-forming suffix) (from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). By surface analysis, family + -al. Piecewise doublet of familiar.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to a human family. Mark had to leave work due to familial obligations.
  2. not comparable Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of family. Having milky latex is a familial characteristic of Apocynaceae.
  3. not comparable Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family. "Grandfather", "mother", and "brother" are some English familial terms.
  4. not comparable Inherited. fatal familial insomnia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inheritable, heritable, inherited, hereditary, transmitted, genetic, transmissible, family, lineage, kin, kinship, matrimonial, marital, household, domestic, homey

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adj of or pertaining to a human family

Españolfamiliar
한국어가족의 gajog-ui
日本語家族の kazoku no
中文家庭的 jiātíng de
हिन्दीपारिवारिक pārivārik
Kiswahilikifamilia
Portuguêsfamiliar, familial
Françaisfamilial
DeutschFamilien-, familiär
Italianofamiliare
Ελληνικάοικογενειακός oikogeneiakós
Românăfamilial
Русскийсеме́йный seméjnyj, фами́льный famílʹnyj
العربيةأُسْرِيّ ʔusriyy, عَائِلِيّ ʕāʔiliyy
עבריתמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי mishpakhtí

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"familial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/familial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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familial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/familial

Chicago

"familial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/familial.

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@misc{familial_2026,
  title = {familial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/familial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}