familiarité, n.f., familiarity, familiar terms; intimacy. pl., liberties. Vivre sur le pied de la plus grande —; to be on the most familiar terms.
famili-er, -ère, adj., familiar, free, intimate, unconstrained, homely; tame.
famili-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., familiar. C’est un des —s du prince; he is one of the prince’s favorite companions.
familièrement (-mān), adv., familiarly.
*famille, n.f., family, kindred, kin; race, tribe, parentage. Être chargé de —; to have a large family. Il a un air de —; there is a family likeness about him. Affaires de —; domestic concerns. Chef de —; head of a family. En —; at home. Fils de —; gentleman’s son.
famine, n.f., famine, dearth. Crier — sur un tas de blé; to plead poverty though rolling in riches. Prendre par la —; to starve out, to reduce by famine.
fanage, n.m., (agri.) tossing, tedding of hay; haymaker’s pay; leaves of a plant.
fanaison, n.f. V. fenaison.
fanal, n.m., lantern of a ship; signal-light, watch-light, beacon.
fanariote, n.m.f. V. phanariote.