different between familial vs genetic

English

Etymology

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 *d?h?-m-eló-, from *d?eh?- (“to do, place, put”)) + French -al (“suffix forming adjectives”) (from Latin -?lis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). Doublet of familiar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /f??m?lj?l/
• Hyphenation: fa?mil?ial or fa?mi?li?al

Adjective

familial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a human family.
2. (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of family.

3. Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
4. (pathology) Inherited.

Derived terms

Related terms

• familiar
• familiarity
• familiarly
• family

Translations

Further reading

• familial (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From the Latin familia suffixed with -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.mi.ljal/

Adjective

familial (feminine singular familiale, masculine plural familiaux, feminine plural familiales)

1. familial, relating to a family

Derived terms

• allocation familiale

Related terms

• famille
• familiaire

Further reading

• “familial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Adjective

familial m or f (plural familiais, comparable)

1. familial (relating to families)

   Synonym: familiar

Related terms

• família

Romanian

Etymology

From French familial.

Adjective

familial m or n (feminine singular familial?, masculine plural familiali, feminine and neuter plural familiale)

1. familial

Declension

English

Etymology

Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Equivalent to gene +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?-n?t'?k, IPA^(key): [d????n?t?k], [d????n?t?k]
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

genetic (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes. [from 1908]
2. Caused by genes.
3. Of or relating to origin (genesis). [from 1831]
   • 1858, Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858

     All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.

4. (linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.

5. (theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.

Synonyms

• genealogical
• genic
• hereditary

Derived terms

Related terms

• gene
• genetics
• genetically

Translations

Further reading

• genetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• genetic at OneLook Dictionary Search
• genetic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "genetic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 142.
• genetic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Interlingua

Adjective

genetic (not comparable)

1. genetic

Related terms

• genetica

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

genetic m (feminine singular genetica, masculine plural genetics, feminine plural geneticas)

1. genetic

Related terms

• genetica

Romanian

Etymology

From French génétique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??e?ne.tik]

Adjective

genetic m or n (feminine singular genetic?, masculine plural genetici, feminine and neuter plural genetice)

1. genetic

Declension

Related terms

• gen?
• genetic?