familiarité

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin familiāritās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.mi.lja.ʁi.te/

Noun

familiarité f (plural familiarités)

1. familiarity

   Antonym: méconnaissance

2. informality, simplicity

   Il y a excès de familiarité dans son style. ― His style is overly familiar.

Related terms

• familier

Further reading

• “familiarité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

familiarité f (plural familiaritez)

1. familiarity