Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

familiality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fa-mil-ial-i-ty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being familial.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The demonstration of familiality and heritability of homosexuality (e.g., Pillard & Bailey, 1998 ) has led to numerous attempts to provide genetic explanations."

Etymology

From familial + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: familial

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does familiality mean?: The quality of being familial.
Where does familiality come from?: From familial + -ity.

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