Definition of FAMILIAL

familial

Adjective

  • Relating to or characteristic of a family or its members.
  • relating to or having the characteristics of a family
    • "children of the same familial background"
    • "familial aggregation"

Adjective Satellite

  • occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    • "familial traits"

Adj

  • Of or pertaining to a human family.
  • Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of family.
  • Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
  • Inherited.

Examples

  • "Grandfather", "mother", and "brother" are some English familial terms.
  • fatal familial insomnia
  • Having milky latex is a familial characteristic of Apocynaceae.
  • Mark had to leave work due to familial obligations.
  • Our Words With Friends tradition is a familial bond, played across generations.

Origin / Etymology

From French familial (“relating to a family; familial”), from Latin familia (“family (in the sense of the slaves working for a household); household”) (from famulus (“servant; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place, put”)) + French -al (adjective-forming suffix) (from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). By surface analysis, family + -al. Piecewise doublet of familiar.

Scrabble Score: 13

familial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
familial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
familial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

familial: valid Words With Friends Word