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English
Etymology
From familiar + -ize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/, /fəˈmɪljəɹaɪ̯z/
Verb
familiarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.
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)
- Ido: familiigar
- Ingrian: aatuttaa
- Italian: familiarizzare (it)
- Malayalam: പരിചയപ്പെടുക (paricayappeṭuka) (intransitive), പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക (paricayappeṭuttuka) (transitive)
- Maori: 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)
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Galician
Verb
familiarize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of familiarizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
familiarize
- inflection of familiarizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative