different between familial vs inherited

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?h???t?d/
• Hyphenation: in?her?it?ed

Verb

inherited

1. simple past tense and past participle of inherit

Adjective

inherited (not comparable)

1. Obtained via an inheritance

   inherited money

2. hereditary.

   an inherited disease

Translations