Familiarised — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make familiar or conversant with

having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fəmˈɪlɪɹˌaɪzd/

🇬🇧British English

/fəmˈɪliəɹˌaɪzd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fəmˈɪliəɹˌaɪzd/

5 syllables Say it as /fəmˈɪlɪɹˌaɪzd/.

Examples

you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

acquaint adjusted familiarized familiarize familiarise

Parts of Speech

verb	make familiar or conversant with “you should acquaint yourself with your new computer”
adjective	having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

Word Forms

familiarization	noun	the experience of becoming familiar with something
familiarisation	noun	the experience of becoming familiar with something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vertraut gemacht

sich vertraut machen oder mit ihm vertraut machen

🇫🇷French

familiarisé

rendre familier ou familier avec

🇪🇸Spanish

familiarizado

familiarizarse o familiarizarse con

🇮🇹Italian

familiarizzato

rendere familiare o dimestichezza con

🇳🇱Dutch

vertrouwd gemaakt

vertrouwd of vertrouwd mee maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

familiarizado

tornar familiar ou familiarizado com

🇷🇺Russian

ознакомлен

познакомиться или быть знакомым с

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परिचित

परिचित या परिचित कराना

🇧🇩Bengali

পরিচিত

সাথে পরিচিত বা কথোপকথন করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

பரிச்சயமான

பழகவும் அல்லது உரையாடவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

సుపరిచితుడు

సుపరిచితులు లేదా సంభాషించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

परिचित

परिचित किंवा संभाषण करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

પરિચિત

સાથે પરિચિત અથવા વાતચીત કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರಿಚಿತ

ಪರಿಚಿತರಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಭಾಷಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരിചയപ്പെട്ടു

പരിചയപ്പെടുകയോ സംസാരിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਾਣੂ

ਨਾਲ ਜਾਣੂ ਜਾਂ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

واقف

سے واقف یا بات چیت کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

熟悉的

使熟悉或熟悉

🇯🇵Japanese

慣れた

～に精通する、または精通する

🇰🇷Korean

익숙해진

친숙하거나 잘 알고 지내다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm quen

làm quen hoặc làm quen với

🇹🇭Thai

คุ้นเคย

ทำให้คุ้นเคยหรือคุ้นเคยกับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

akrab

membuat akrab atau akrab dengan

🇵🇭Filipino

pamilyar

gawing pamilyar o kausap

🇲🇾Malay

dibiasakan

biasakan atau biasakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مألوفة

جعل مألوفة أو ملما مع

🇮🇷Persian

آشنا شد

آشنا کردن یا آشنا شدن با

🇹🇷Turkish

tanıdık

tanıdık veya tanıdık olun

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוכר

להכיר או להכיר

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The primary meaning of 'familiarised' is 'make familiar or conversant with'.

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In which domain is the word 'familiarised' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'familiarised' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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