English
wikipedia|Family|family (people)
wikipedia|Family (biology)|family (taxonomy)

rank|seems|soul|French|400|family|earth|live|hard

Etymology
L. familia, from famula, servant

Pronunciation
IPA|/�fæm�li/, SAMPA|/"f{m@li/
audio|en-us-family.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: fa·mi·ly

Noun
en-noun|famil|ies|-

1. countable a father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family

#: "Her nuclear family was very small."

1. countable a group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom
2. countable a kin, tribe; also called extended family
3. context|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.

1. countable a group of people who live together

#: "This is my fraternity family at the university."

1. countable a group of people similar to (2)

#: "Our company is one big happy family."

1. uncountable collectively, people who are members of one's intimate social group

#: They treated me like family.

1. countable music: a group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production "the brass family" "the violin family"
2. countable linguistics: a group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language "the Indo-European language family" "the Ural-Altaic language family"

Translations
trans-top|a father, mother and their sons and daughters
Breton: familh f -où, tiegezh m -ioù
Bulgarian: �емей��во (semejstvo) n
Chinese: 家庭 (jia1ting2)
Czech: t+|cs|rodina|f
Danish: t-|da|familie|c
Dutch: t+|nl|familie|f, t+|nl|gezin|n
Esperanto: t+|eo|familio|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: �ome
Finnish: t+|fi|perhe
French: t+|fr|famille|f
Greek: t|el|οικογένεια|f|s|sc=Grek (oikoghéneia)
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Hindi: परिवार (pariv�r), �़ानदान (<u>kh</u>�nd�n) m
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Hungarian: család
Icelandic: t+|is|fjölskylda|f
Japanese: 家� (���, kazoku)
Old English: t-|ang|faru|f|xsOld English, t+|ang|team|altt�am|xs=Old English
Polish: t+|pl|rodzina|f
Portuguese: família f
Russian: �ем�� (s'em'já) f, �емей��во (s'em'éjstvo) n
Scots: faimlie, faimily
Slovene: družina f
Swedish: familj, hushåll
Turkish: t+|tr|aile
Vietnamese: t+|vi|gia �inh|xs=Vietnamese
Urdu: URchar|خا�دا� (<u>kh</u>�nd�n) m
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trans-top|a group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom
Breton: familh f -où, kerentiezh f -ioù
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�ода|f|trroda|scCyrl
Chinese: 家� (jia1zu2)
Danish: t-|da|familie|c
Dutch: t+|nl|familie|f
Esperanto: t+|eo|familio|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: �ome
Finnish: t+|fi|suku
French: t+|fr|famille|f
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Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Hindi: परिवार (pariv�r), �़ानदान (<u>kh</u>�nd�n) m
Hungarian: család
Icelandic: fjölskylda f, afkvæmi n, ættingi n, ættingjar n|p, skyldmenni n|p
Japanese: 親� (����, shinseki), 親� (����, shinrui), 親� (����, shinzoku)
Old English: t-|ang|faru|f|xsOld English, t+|ang|team|altt�am|xs=Old English
Portuguese: família f
Russian: �ем�� (s'em'já) f, �емей��во (s'em'éjstvo) n, �од (rod) m
Scots: faimlie, faimily
Slovene: družina f
Swedish: börd
Urdu: URchar|خا�دا� (<u>kh</u>�nd�n) m
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trans-top|a kin, tribe
Breton: kerentiezh f -ioù
Danish: slægt c, æt c (archaic)
Dutch: t+|nl|familie|f, t+|nl|clan|m, t+|nl|stam|m
Esperanto: familio, parenco
Ewe: �ome
Finnish: t+|fi|suku
French: t+|fr|parent|m
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Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Hungarian: család
Icelandic: t+|is|ætt|f
Japanese: 種� (����, shuzoku), �� (���, buzoku)
Old English: t-|ang|faru|f|xsOld English, t+|ang|team|altt�am|xs=Old English
Portuguese: família f
Russian: �од (rod) m
Scots: faimlie, faimily
Slovene: družina f, rod m
Swedish: börd
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trans-top|a rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species
Breton: kerentiad m -où
Bulgarian: �емей��во (semejstvo) n
Czech: t+|cs|�ele�|f
Danish: t-|da|familie|c
Dutch: t+|nl|familie|f
Finnish: t-|fi|heimo
French: t+|fr|famille|f
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Hungarian: család
Icelandic: t+|is|ætt|f
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Japanese: t+|ja|�|sc=Jpan
Portuguese: família f
Russian: �емей��во (s'em'éjstvo) n
Slovene: družina f
Swedish: t+|sv|familj
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trans-top|a taxon at this rank
Icelandic: t+|is|ætt|f
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Portuguese: família f
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trans-top|a group of people who live together
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Icelandic: t+|is|fjölskylda|f
Portuguese: família f
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|�ем��|f|trs'em'já|scCyrl
Scots: faimlie, faimily
Slovene: družina f
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trans-top|a group of people similar to (2)
Finnish: t+|fi|perhe
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Icelandic: fjölskylda f, ættingjar n|p, skyldmenni n|p
Portuguese: família f
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|�ем��|f|trs'em'já|scCyrl
Scots: faimlie, faimily
Slovene: družina f
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trans-top|collectively, people who are members of one's intimate social group
Danish: t-|da|familie|c
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Icelandic: t+|is|fjölskylda|f
trans-mid
Portuguese: família f
Russian: t+|ru|�ем��|f|trs'em'já|scCyrl
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trans-top|music: a group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
Icelandic: t+|is|fjölskylda|f
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Portuguese: família f
Slovene: družina f
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trans-top|linguistics: a group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language
Danish: t-|da|æt|c
Dutch: t+|nl|familie|f
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ��|mishpakhá f
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Portuguese: família f
Russian: t+|ru|�ем��|f|trs'em'já|scCyrl
Slovene: družina f
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ttbc|Arabic: aile, akareb
ttbc|Belarusian: ��м'� f
ttbc|Bulgarian: �од (rod) m
ttbc|German: Familie f
ttbc|Hungarian: család, nyelvcsalád, el�kel� család
ttbc|Indonesian: keluarga, famili
ttbc|Interlingua: familia
ttbc|Italian: famiglia
ttbc|Korean: �족 [家�] (gajok)
ttbc|Kurdish: malbat f
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ttbc|Latin: familia f
ttbc|Lithuanian: Å¡eima f
ttbc|Malay: keluarga, famili, usrah
ttbc|Malayalam: �����ബ� (kutumbam)
ttbc|Polish: rodzina f
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|خا�دا� (xandan), FAchar|�ا��� (famil)
ttbc|Romanian: familie f
ttbc|Slovak: rodina#Slovak|rodina f
ttbc|Spanish: familia f
ttbc|Swedish: släkt, släktskap, ätt
ttbc|Telugu: �����బ� (kuTumbam)
ttbc|Thai: �รอ��รัว (krob-krua), �า�ิ (yart), �ี���อ� (pee-nong)
ttbc|Turkish: aile, akraba

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. related to the family

#:The dog was kept as a family pet.
#:For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.

Translations

Breton: familh
Bulgarian: �емеен m
Czech: rodinný
Danish: familie-
Hebrew: he-translation|�שפ�ת�|mishpakhtí m, he-translation|�שפ�ת�ת|mishpakhtít f
Hungarian: családi
Interlingua: familiar
mid
Kurdish malbatî
Polish: rodzinny m, rodzinny|rodzinna f, rodzinny|rodzinne n
Portuguese: familiar m & f
Russian: �емейн�й (s'eméjnyj)
Slovak: rodinný
Slovene: družinski m, družinska f, družinsko n

Related terms
familial
familiar
familiarity
family dissident
family history
family rebel
family rebellion
family tree

See also

aunt
bride
bridegroom
brother
brother-in-law
cousin
daughter
daughter-in-law
extended family
father
father-in-law
godfather
granddaughter
grandfather
grandmother
grandson
great-granddaughter
great-grandfather
great-grandmother
great-grandson
husband
in-law
mother
mother-in-law
nephew
nuclear family
niece
sister
sister-in-law
son
son-in-law
stepbrother
stepdaughter
stepfather
stepmother
stepson
uncle
wife

External links
w:en:family|Wikipedia article on family

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