family
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin familia, from famula (“‘servant’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfæməli/, SAMPA: /"f{m@li/
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- Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧ly
[edit] Noun
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family (countable and uncountable; plural families)
- (countable) A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family.
- Her nuclear family was very small.
- (countable) A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom.
- (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.
- (countable) A group of people who live together.
- This is my fraternity family at the university.
- (countable) A group of people similar to related by blood, marriage, law, or custom.
- Our company is one big happy family.
- (uncountable) Collectively, people who are members of one's intimate social group.
- 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.
- (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
[edit] Usage notes
In some dialects, family is used as a plurale tantum.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:class
[edit] Translations
father, mother and their sons and daughters
group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom
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kin, tribe
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rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species
taxon at this rank
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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[edit] Adjective
family (not comparable)
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- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Related to the family.
- The dog was kept as a family pet.
- For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.
- 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, traditonal.
- The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
[edit] Translations
related to the family
[edit] Related terms
Related terms
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- family in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- family in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
family on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
