Familial in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is familial a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word familial is a Scrabble US word. The word familial is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

F4A1M3I1L1I1A1L1

Is familial a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word familial is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4A1M3I1L1I1A1L1

Is familial a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word familial is a Words With Friends word. The word familial is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4A1M4I1L2I1A1L2

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8-letter words (1 found)

FAMILIAL,

6-letter words (2 found)

FILIAL,LIMAIL,

5-letter words (9 found)

AALII,FILMI,FLAIL,ILIAL,LAMIA,LLAMA,MAFIA,MAILL,MILIA,

4-letter words (21 found)

ALFA,ALIF,ALMA,AMIA,AMLA,FAIL,FALL,FILA,FILL,FILM,FLAM,FLIM,ILIA,LAMA,LIMA,MAIL,MALA,MALI,MALL,MILF,MILL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIM,ALA,ALF,ALL,AMA,AMI,FAA,FIL,ILL,LAM,MAA,MAL,MIL,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AI,AL,AM,FA,IF,LA,LI,MA,MI,

You can make 59 words from familial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of familial

familial

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 (suffix forming adjectives) (from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). Doublet of familiar.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fəˈmɪljəl/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧mil‧ial or fa‧mi‧li‧al

Adjective

familial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a human family.
  2. (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of family.
  3. Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
  4. (pathology) Inherited.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • familiar
  • familiarity
  • familiarly
  • family

Translations

Further reading

  • familial (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin familia (whence French famille) + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.mi.ljal/

Adjective

familial (feminine familiale, masculine plural familiaux, feminine plural familiales)

  1. (relational) family; familial
    allocation familialechild benefit, family allowance
    quitter le nid familialto leave home (literally, “to leave the family nest”)

Derived terms

  • familialement

Related terms

  • familiaire
  • familier

Further reading

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • familhau (Provençal)
  • familiau (Gascony)

Pronunciation

Adjective

familial m (feminine singular familiala, masculine plural familials, feminine plural familialas)

  1. familial

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Adjective

familial m or f (plural familiais)

  1. familial (relating to families)
    Synonym: familiar

Related terms

  • família

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French familial. By surface analysis, familie +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.mi.liˈal/

Adjective

familial m or n (feminine singular familială, masculine plural familiali, feminine and neuter plural familiale)

  1. familial

Declension

Further reading

  • familial in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org