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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin familia, from famula (“female servant”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈfæməli/, /ˈfæmli/, X-SAMPA: /"f{m@li/, /"f{mli/
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- Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧ly
family (countable and uncountable; plural families)
- (countable) A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family.
- Our family lives in town.
- (countable) A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom.
- crime family, Mafia family
- (countable) A kin, tribe; also called extended family.
- (countable, biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4
- The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally […]
- (countable) A group of people who live together, or one that is similar to one that is related by blood, marriage, law, or custom, or members of one's intimate social group.
- This is my fraternity family at the university.
- Our company is one big happy family.
- They treated me like family.
- (countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.
- (countable, music) A group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production.
- the brass family
- the violin family
- (countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- the Indo-European language family
- the Afro-Asiatic language family
- Used attributively.
- The dog was kept as a family pet.
- For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.
Usage notes [edit]
In some dialects, family is used as a plurale tantum.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
father, mother and their sons and daughters
- Abkhaz: аҭаацәа (ab) (aţaacwa)
- Afrikaans: familie (af)
- Albanian: familje (sq)
- American Sign Language: FAMILY
- Amharic: ቤተሰብ (am) (betäsäb), ቤተሰቦች (am) (betäsäboc), ዘመድ አዝማድ (am) (zämäd azmad)
- Arabic: عائلة (ar) (ʿā'ila) f, أسرة (ar) (ʾúsra) f
- Egyptian Arabic: عيلة (ʿéla) f
- Aragonese: familha (an) f
- Armenian: ընտանիք (hy) (ëntanik')
- Assamese: পৰিয়াল (as) (pôriyāl)
- Asturian: familia (ast) f
- Azeri: ailə (az)
- Bashkir: ғаилә (ğailä)
- Belarusian: сям'я (be) (sjam’já) f
- Bengali: পরিবার (bn) (pôribar)
- Berber:
- Tashelhit: takat f
- Breton: familh (br) f, tiegezh (br) m
- Bulgarian: семейство (bg) (semejstvo) n
- Burmese: မိသားစု (my) (mi. dha: zu.)
- Catalan: família (ca) f
- Chechen: доьзал (dözal)
- Cherokee: ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ (chr) (sidanelvhi)
- Chichewa: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 家 (cmn) (jiā), 家庭 (cmn) (jiātíng)
- Corsican: famiglia (co) f
- Czech: rodina (cs) f
- Dalmatian: famalja f
- Danish: familie (da) c
- Dhivehi: އާއިލާ (dv) (āilā)
- Dutch: familie (nl) f, gezin (nl) n
- Esperanto: familio (eo)
- Estonian: pere (et), perekond (et)
- Ewe: ƒome
- Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: perhe (fi)
- French: famille (fr) f
- Friulian: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: familia (gl) f
- Georgian: ოჯახი (ka) (oǰaxi)
- German: Familie (de) f
- Greek: οικογένεια (el) (oikogéneia) f
- Gujarati: પરિવાર (gu) (parivār)
- Haitian Creole: fanmi
- Hausa: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: ʻohana
- Hebrew: משפחה (he) (mishpakhá) f
- Hindi: परिवार (hi) (parivār) m, ख़ानदान (hi) (xāndān) m, बाल-बच्चे (hi) (bāl-bacce) m pl
- Hungarian: család (hu)
- Icelandic: fjölskylda (is) f
- Ido: familio (io)
- Indonesian: keluarga (id), famili (id)
- Interlingua: familia (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: clann (ga) f
- Italian: famiglia (it) f
- Japanese: 家族 (ja) (かぞく, kazoku), (honorific) ご家族 (ja) (ごかぞく, gokazoku)
- Javanese: brayat (jv)
- Kannada: ಆವಳಿ (kn) (āvaḷi)
- Kazakh: от басы (kk) (ot bası), әулет (kk) (äwlet), семья (kk) (sem'ya)
- Khmer: គ្រួសារ (km) (krūəsā)
- Kinyarwanda: please add this translation if you can
- Kirundi: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 가족 (ko) (kajok) (家族 (ko))
- Kyrgyz: үй-бүлө (ky) (üy-bülö), бүлө (ky) (bülö)
- Lao: ຄອບຄົວ (lo) (khööp-khua)
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- Latgalian: saime f
- Latin: familia (la) f
- Latvian: ģimene (lv), saime (lv) f
- Lithuanian: šeima (lt) f, šeimyna (lt) f
- Luganda: amaka
- Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: семејство (mk) (sémejstvo) n, фамилија (mk) (famílija) f
- Malay: keluarga (ms), famili (ms)
- Malayalam: തറവാട് (ml) (taṟavāṭ)
- Maltese: familja (mt) f
- Manx: lught thie (gv) m, mooinjer (gv) f
- Marathi: परिवार (mr) (pariwār)
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: айл (mn) (ajl), овог (mn) (ovog), гэр бүл (mn) (ger bül)
- Nama: ǀkhao-khoen
- Navajo: hooghan hazʼą́, bił kééhashtʼíinii
- Nepali: परिबार (ne) (paribār)
- Norwegian: familie (no) m
- Novial: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: familha (oc) f
- Old English: faru (ang) f, tēam (ang)
- Oriya: ପରିବାର (or) (Paribāra)
- Ossetian: бинонтӕ (binontæ)
- Pashto: كورنۍ (ps) (koranəi) f
- Persian: خانوادَه (fa) (xânevâdah), خاندان (fa) (xândân), فامیل (fa) (fâmil), عائله (fa) ('â'ile)
- Polish: rodzina (pl) f
- Portuguese: família (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਪਰਿਵਾਰ (pa) (parivār)
- Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
- Romani: familija f
- Romanian: familie (ro)
- Romansch: famiglia (rm) f
- Russian: семья (ru) (sem’já) f, семейство (ru) (seméjstvo) n, (archaic or stilted, usually means "surname") фамилия (ru) (famílija) f
- Sanskrit: कुलः (sa) (kulaḥ) n / कुल (sa) (kula) n
- Scots: faimlie, faimily
- Scottish Gaelic: teaghlach (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: породица (sh) f , обитељ (sh) f
- Roman: porodica (sh) f , obitelj (sh) f
- Sichuan Yi: ꏤ
- Sicilian: famigghia (scn) f
- Sindhi: ٻارَٻَچا (sd) (ḅāraḅačā)
- Sinhalese: පවුල (si) (pavula)
- Slovak: rodina (sk) f
- Slovene: družina (sl) f
- Spanish: familia (es) f
- Swedish: familj (sv), hushåll (sv)
- Tagalog: pamilya (tl)
- Tajik: оила (tg) (oila), хонавода (tg) (xonavoda), хонадон (tg) (xonadon)
- Tamil: குடும்பம் (ta) (kuṭumpam)
- Taos: ȕ’únemą
- Tatar: гаилә (tt) (ğailä), семья (tt) (sem'ya)
- Telugu: కుటుంబము (te) (kutumbamu)
- Thai: ครอบครัว (th) (khrâwbkhrua)
- Turkish: aile (tr), kodak (tr), ocak (tr)
- Turkmen: maşgala (tk)
- Tuvan: өг-бүле (ög-büle), өг-ишти (ög-išti)
- Ukrainian: сім'я (uk) (sim’já) f
- Urdu: خاندان (ur) (xāndān) m, پروار (ur) (parivār) m
- Uyghur: ئائىلە (ug) (aile)
- Uzbek: oila (uz), xonadon (uz)
- Venetian: faméja f
- Vietnamese: gia đinh (vi) (家庭 (vi))
- Volapük: famül (vo)
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: teulu (cy)
- Yiddish: משפּחה (yi) (mishpokhe)
- Yucatec Maya: ch’i’ibalil
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group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom
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- Italian: famiglia (it) f
- Japanese: 親戚 (ja) (しんせき, shinseki), 親類 (ja) (しんるい, shinrui), 親族 (ja) (しんぞく, shinzoku)
- Korean: 친척 (ko)
- Latgalian: ciļts, dzymums
- Latvian: ģimene (lv), dzimta (lv)
- Lithuanian: giminė (lt) f, šeimyna (lt) f
- Macedonian: семејство (mk) (sémejstvo) n, фамилија (mk) (famílija) f, род (mk) (rod) m
- Malay: keluarga (ms), famili (ms)
- Navajo: hakʼéí
- Old English: faru (ang) f, tēam (ang), cnosl (ang) n
- Persian: خاندان (fa) (xândân), خویشان (fa) (xvişân), نزدیکان (fa) (nazdikân)
- Polish: rodzina (pl) f
- Portuguese: família (pt) f
- Romani: familija f
- Russian: семья (ru) (sem’já) f, семейство (ru) (seméjstvo) n, род (ru) (rod) m
- Scots: faimlie, faimily
- Scottish Gaelic: teaghlach (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: обитељ (sh) f
- Roman: obitelj (sh) f
- Sicilian: famigghia (scn) f
- Slovene: družina (sl) f
- Swedish: börd (sv)
- Tagalog: kamag-anakan (tl)
- Telugu: వంశ పరంపర (te) (vamsa parampara)
- Turkish: aile (tr)
- Urdu: خاندان (ur) (xāndān) m, پروار (ur) (parivār) m
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kin, tribe
- Armenian: ցեղ (hy) (c'eġ)
- Breton: kerentiezh (br) f
- Bulgarian: род (bg) (rod) m
- Catalan: família (ca) f
- Danish: slægt (da) c, æt (da) c (archaic)
- Dutch: familie (nl) f, clan (nl) m, stam (nl) m
- Esperanto: familio (eo), parenco (eo)
- Ewe: ƒome
- Faroese: ætt (fo) f, familja (fo) f, slekt (fo) f
- Finnish: suku (fi)
- French: parent (fr) m
- German: Familie (de) f, Klan (de) m
- Greek: οικογένεια (el) (oikogéneia) f
- Hebrew: משפחה (he) (mishpakhá) f
- Hungarian: család (hu)
- Icelandic: ætt (is) f
- Japanese: 種族 (ja) (しゅぞく, shuzoku), 部族 (ja) (ぶぞく, buzoku)
- Latgalian: radne, patauta
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- Latvian: dzimta (lv), radi (lv), cilts (lv)
- Lithuanian: giminė (lt) f, gentis (lt) f
- Macedonian: род (mk) (rod) m
- Old English: faru (ang) f, tēam (ang)
- Persian: تبار (fa) (tabâr), تخمَه (fa) (tuxma)
- Polish: ród (pl) m
- Portuguese: família (pt) f
- Romani: familija f
- Russian: род (ru) (rod) m
- Scots: faimlie, faimily
- Scottish Gaelic: teaghlach (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: род (sh) m, својта (sh) f
- Roman: rȏd (sh) m, svȏjta (sh) f, pòrodica (sh) f
- Slovene: družina (sl) f, rod (sl) m
- Swedish: börd (sv), släkt (sv)
- Tagalog: tribo (tl)
- Telugu: బంధువు (te) (bandhuvu)
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rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species
group of people who live together
group of people similar to (2)
collectively, people who are members of one's intimate social group
music: a group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production
linguistics: a group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language
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Adjective [edit]
family (not comparable)
- Suitable for children and adults.
- It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
- Some animated movies are not just for kids, they are family movies.
- Conservative, traditional.
- The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
- (slang) Homosexual.
- I knew he was family when I first met him.
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suitable for children and adults
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