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famigliare

familiar

adjective fah-mee-LYAH-reh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Also means

family (adjective)

Usage Note

Famigliare (also spelled familiare) means both 'familiar' (well-known, not strange) and 'relating to the family': un ambiente famigliare can mean either 'a familiar environment' or 'a family environment'. The context usually disambiguates. It is invariable for gender: un volto famigliare, una voce famigliare. The noun familiarità means 'familiarity'.

Examples

"Quel posto mi sembra famigliare."

Natural Translation

That place seems familiar to me.

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