familial
pronunciation
How to pronounce familial in British English:
UK [fəˈmɪliəl]
How to pronounce familial in American English:
US [fəˈmɪljəl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or having the characteristics of a family
- tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity
Word Origin
- familial (adj.)
- 1888, "pertaining to the family," from French familial, from Latin familia (see family). Meaning "hereditary" is from 1895; from 1903 as "family-like." Earlier familiar also had been used in the sense "of or pertaining to one's family" (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Medscape : research has documented the heritability of bipolar disorder through familial incidence .
- 2. What may have undone mr serdyukov was the addition of a familial offence .
- 3. The familial raring patterns of primary scholars in country and its relation to their subjective well-being in china .
- 4. But the album actually plays out more like bruce springsteen 's the river , a generously paced collection of meditations on familial responsibility , private disappointments , and fleeting youth , much of which takes place in moving vehicles .
- 5. Substantive discussions about the passage of familial wealth , however , might wait until the children are mature enough .