ファミリー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English family.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ファミリー [fáꜜmìrìì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸa̠mʲiɾʲiː]

Noun

ファミリー • (famirī) 

1. family
   1. a group of related people; kin

      Synonyms: 家族 (kazoku), 家庭 (katei)

   2. a group of things with similar characteristics, distinguished from other things

      ファミリーの関(かん)数(すう) ― famirī no kansū ― family of functions

Related terms

• (related people; kin): 所(しょ)帯(たい) (shotai, “household”), 親(しん)類(るい) (shinrui, “relative, relation”)
• (group of similar things): 族(ぞく) (zoku, “indexed family; taxonomic tribe”), 種(しゅ)類(るい) (shurui, “category; variety”), 種(しゅ)族(ぞく) (shuzoku, “tribe; kind”)