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familiar

/fəˈmɪlɪə/

US pronunciation

American sound/fəˈmɪlɪə/

fəˈmɪlɪə

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

fə - ˈmɪlɪə -> familiar

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကွျှမ်းဝင်သော။

Full entry

familiar / fǝ'mÇliǝ(r) / adj

၁။ ~ (to sb ) သိကျွမ်းသော။ အသိများသော။ အကျွမ်းဝင်သော။ ကျက်မိသော။ ရင်းနှီးသော။ familiar faces/surroundings/images/themes ❍ facts that are familiar to every schoolboy ❍ There was something vaguely familiar about him. ❍ Such accounts of environmental pollution are now depressingly familiar.
၂။ ~ with sth ကောင်းကောင်းကျွမ်း [သော]။ အကျွမ်း တဝင် ရှိ [သော]။ facts with which every schoolboy is familiar ❍ By now you will be familiar with the layout of the house.
၃။ ~ (with sb ) အရောဝင်သော။ ရင်းနှီးသော။ သိကျွမ်းသော။ You seem to be on very familiar terms with your bank manager. ❍ (derog ) The children are too familiar with their teacher. See also FREE ၉
❏ familiarly adv တရင်းတနှီး။ ရင်းရင်းနှီးနှီး။ William, familiarly known as Billy.

More examples

People are more relaxed in familiar surroundings.
[familiar to] : The name Harry Potter will be familiar to many readers.
[vaguely familiar] : His face looked vaguely familiar but I couldn’t think why.
[a familiar face/figure/voice etc] : I’m pleased to see so many familiar faces here tonight.
Horse-drawn carts used to be a familiar sight.
[all-too familiar] : An all-too familiar problem
[horribly/painfully/depressingly familiar] : These stories of bureaucratic mistakes are depressingly familiar.
[familiar with] : Don’t be too familiar with the customers.
[be on familiar terms with someone] : She seems to be on very familiar terms with the waiter.

Synonyms

recognizable, well-known, common, known, memorable, household, proverbial, abreast, accustomed, acquainted, affable, amicable, analog, apprised, at ease with, at home with, au courant, au fait, aware, bedmate, bold, bosom buddy, buddy-buddy, chummy, classmate, classmates, close, co-worker, cognizant, cognizant of, comfortable, commonplace, confidant, confidante, confidential, conscious, conventional, conversant, cordial, coworker, cozy, customary, dear, domestic, easy, established, everyday, forward, free, free-and-easy, frequent, fresh, friend, friendly, garden variety, genial, gracious, grounded, habitual, homespun, humble, impudent, in on, in the know, in touch, informal, informed, intimate, introduced, intrusive, kept posted, knowledgeable, mate, matter-of-fact, mindful, mundane, native, natural, near, neighborly, nervy, no stranger to, obtrusive, officious, old hat, open, ordinary, palsy, palsy-walsy, personal, plain, plugged in, presuming, presumptuous, prosaic, recurring, regular, relaxed, repeated, routine, sassy, savvy, simple, smart, snug, sociable, stock, thick, tight, time-honored, traditional, tuned in, typical, unceremonious, unconstrained, unreserved, unsophisticated, up, up on, used to, usual, versant, versed in, well up in, well-wisher, wise, with it, wonted, workaday

Antonyms

abnormal, alien, aloof, business, cold, cool, different, distant, extraordinary, foreign, formal, ignorant, industrial, loose, new, original, reserved, strange, stupid, unacquainted, unapproachable, uncomfortable, uncommon, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unfriendly, unhappy, unintelligent, unknowledgeable, unknown, unremarkable, unsociable, unusual

Cross references

recognizable well-known common known memorable household proverbial abreast accustomed acquainted affable amicable analog apprised at ease with at home with au courant au fait aware bedmate bold bosom buddy buddy-buddy chummy classmate classmates close co-worker

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