different between sociable vs familiar

English

Etymology

From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociabilis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so???b?l/

Adjective

sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)

1. (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social

   Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial

   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

     Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

2. Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.

3. (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     They are sociable parts united into one body.

4. (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.

   • Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?

Antonyms

• (tending to socialize): unsociable

Derived terms

• sociability
• sociableness

Translations

Noun

sociable (plural sociables)

1. A sociable person.
2. (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
3. A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
4. A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
5. (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
   • 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (page 46)

     At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.

Asturian

Adjective

sociable (epicene, plural sociables)

1. sociable

Catalan

Adjective

sociable (masculine and feminine plural sociables)

1. sociable

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Galician

Alternative forms

• sociábel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.??ja.ble/, [s??.??ja.?le?]

Adjective

sociable m or f (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Antonyms

• insociable

Spanish

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable

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)

1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

2. Acquainted.

3. Intimate or friendly.
4. Inappropriately intimate or friendly.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Camden to this entry?)

5. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
   • 1822, Lord Byron, Werner

     familiar feuds

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)

1. (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
2. (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
3. A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
4. (obsolete) A close friend.
5. (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)

1. familiar

Derived terms

• familiaritzar
• familiarment
• unifamiliar

Related terms

• familiaritat

Noun

familiar m or f (plural familiars)

1. 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)

1. of family
2. close, familiar
3. daily, plain

Noun

familiar m (plural familiares)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. familiar (known to one)
2. of or relating to a family

Derived terms

• familiarmente

Related terms

• familiaridade

Noun

familiar m (plural familiares)

1. (usually in the plural) relative (person in the same family)
2. 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)

1. familiar

Declension

Related terms

• familiaritate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin famili?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fami?lja?/, [fa.mi?lja?]

Adjective

familiar (plural familiares)

1. familial, family
2. close, familiar
3. daily, plain

Derived terms

Noun

familiar m (plural familiares)

1. 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.