familial

Language: en

🇺🇸 /fəˈmɪljəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Relating to or characteristic of a family; occurring in or affecting families.; Of or relating to the feelings, relationships, or bonds typical of a family.; In genetics, inherited or hereditary; passed down through family lines.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

familial relationshipfamilial bondfamilial traitfamilial diseasefamilial patternfamilial connection

Derivatives

familyfamiliarfamiliarityfamiliarizefamiliallyfamiliarization

Synonyms

familydomestichereditarygeneticinheritedancestral

Commonly confused

familiar
EN: 'Familiar' means well-known or recognized; 'familial' means relating to or characteristic of a family.
family
EN: 'Family' is a noun (or attributive noun); 'familial' is a formal adjective used especially in medical and academic contexts.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'familial' (relating to family) with 'familiar' (well-known). Note the '-ial' ending, not '-iar'.

💬 Examples

  1. The disease has a strong familial pattern, affecting multiple generations.

  2. There was a warm, familial atmosphere at the reunion dinner.

  3. Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol levels.