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familiar
English
Etymology
From Latin famili?ris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). Doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English h?wc?þ.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??m?l.i.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??m?l.j?/, /f??m?l.i.?/, /f??m?l.j?/
- (US)
Adjective
familiar (comparative more familiar, superlative most familiar)
- Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
- Acquainted.
- Intimate or friendly.
- Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Camden to this entry?)
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
- 1822, Lord Byron, Werner
- familiar feuds
- 1822, Lord Byron, Werner
Synonyms
- (acquainted): acquainted
- (intimate, friendly): close, friendly, intimate, personal
- (inappropriately intimate or friendly): cheeky, fresh, impudent
Antonyms
- (known to one): unfamiliar, unknown
- (acquainted): unacquainted
- (intimate): cold, cool, distant, impersonal, standoffish, unfriendly
Derived terms
- overfamiliar
- familiarity
- familiarly
Related terms
- familial
Translations
Noun
familiar (plural familiars)
- (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
- (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
- (obsolete) A close friend.
- (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
Synonyms
- nigget
Translations
See also
- daimon (a tutelary spirit that guides a person)
Further reading
- Familiar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin famili?ris.
Adjective
familiar (masculine and feminine plural familiars)
- familiar
Derived terms
- familiaritzar
- familiarment
- unifamiliar
Related terms
- familiaritat
Noun
familiar m or f (plural familiars)
- relative
Related terms
- família
Further reading
- “familiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “familiar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “familiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “familiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin famili?ris.
Adjective
familiar m or f (plural familiares)
- of family
- close, familiar
- daily, plain
Noun
familiar m (plural familiares)
- relative
Synonyms
- parente
- achegado
Related terms
- familia
- familiaridade
- familiarizar
Further reading
- “familiar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
familiar m
- indefinite plural of familie
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin famili?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /f?.mi.?lja?/
Adjective
familiar m or f (plural familiares, comparable)
- familiar (known to one)
- of or relating to a family
Derived terms
- familiarmente
Related terms
- familiaridade
Noun
familiar m (plural familiares)
- (usually in the plural) relative (person in the same family)
- familiar (attendant spirit)
- Synonym: espírito familiar
Related terms
- família
Further reading
- “familiar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French familier, from Latin familiaris.
Adjective
familiar m or n (feminine singular familiar?, masculine plural familiari, feminine and neuter plural familiare)
- familiar
Declension
Related terms
- familiaritate
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin famili?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fami?lja?/, [fa.mi?lja?]
Adjective
familiar (plural familiares)
- familial, family
- close, familiar
- daily, plain
Derived terms
Noun
familiar m (plural familiares)
- relative, family member
- Synonym: miembro de la familia, pariente
Related terms
- familia
- familiaridad
- familiarizar
Further reading
- “familiar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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stable
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ste?.b??/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable and Old French estable, from Latin stabulum (“stall, stand”).
Noun
stable (plural stables)
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
- (metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- Synonym: heya
- A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- Synonym: string
- 2013, Noble Dee, Pimp: Reflection of My Life (page 167)
- My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.
Derived terms
- stablemate
Translations
Verb
stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)
- (transitive) to put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
- 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
- "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.
- 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
- (intransitive) to dwell in a stable.
- (rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle).
Derived terms
- (rail transport): outstable
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)).
Adjective
stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable)
- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation
- In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation
- (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
Synonyms
- (relatively unchanging): fixed, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady
Antonyms
- instable
- mobile
- unstable
- varying
Derived terms
- bistable
- instable
- tristable
- unistable
- unstable
Translations
Anagrams
- Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, tables
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stabilis. Replaced Middle French, Old French estable, an earlier borrowing from the same Latin source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stabl/
Adjective
stable (plural stables)
- stable (relatively unchanging)
Antonyms
- instable
Related terms
- stabiliser
- stabilité
Further reading
- “stable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- baltes, tables
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman stable, from Vulgar Latin *stabula, probably a collective plural of Latin stabulum (“dwelling; stable”).
Noun
stable (plural stables or stablen)
- stable (building for horses)
Alternative forms
- stabel, stabele, stabil, stabille, stabul, stabulle
Descendants
- English: stable
- Scots: stable
- ? Middle Irish: stábla
- Irish: stábla
- Scottish Gaelic: stàball
References
- “st?ble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”).
Adjective
stable (comparative stabler or stablere or stablour)
- stable (relatively unchanging)
Alternative forms
- stabel, stabele, stabil, stabul
Descendants
- English: stable
- Scots: stable
References
- “st?ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Noun
stable (plural stables)
- Alternative form of stablie
Etymology 4
Noun
stable (plural stables)
- Alternative form of stapel
Etymology 5
Verb
stable (third-person singular simple present stableth, present participle stablynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stabled)
- Alternative form of stablen (“to establish”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun stabel
Verb
stable (imperative stabl or stable, present tense stabler, passive stables, simple past and past participle stabla or stablet, present participle stablende)
- to stack, pile
References
- “stable” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “stable” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the noun stabel
Verb
stable (present tense stablar, past tense stabla, past participle stabla, passive infinitive stablast, present participle stablande, imperative stabl)
- to stack, pile
Alternative forms
- stabla
References
- “stable” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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