family
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Late Middle English famylye, from Latin familia (“a household”). Displaced native Old English hīred. Doublet of familia.
Inflected forms:
form: families
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Our family lives in town.
To Jane, he could be only a man whose proposals she had refused, and whose merit she had undervalued; but to her own more extensive information, he was the person, to whom the whole family were indebted for the first of benefits, and whom she regarded herself with an interest, if not quite so tender, at least as reasonable and just, as what Jane felt for Bingley.
Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability:[…]it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together.
They’re both New Yorkers coasting on their reputations, they’ve both had three marriages, neither of them can shut up when in front of a camera, and perhaps most importantly, they both want to fuck Ivanka, which-which is weird for Trump because Ivanka is in his family, and it’s weird for Giuliani because she isn’t.
gloss: An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!
gloss: Members of one's family collectively.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I have a lot of family in Australia.
He has a sister, but no other family.
gloss: A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: crime family, Mafia family
This is my fraternity family at the university.
Our company is one big happy family.
gloss: A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: […]This is not your hallmark im Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there . . . no radar like gaydar, I always say.
gloss: Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Indeed, he married her for love. A whisper still goes about that she had not even 'family'; howbeit, Sir Leicester had so much family that perhaps he had enough and could dispense with any more.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.
Because SCSI is actually a family of standards, each with its own cable and connector, matching cables and connectors to the appropriate SCSI “family member” is important.
When creating a font family, first decide whether to use all serif or all sans-serif fonts, then choose two or three fonts of that type […]
Of the great Indo-European family of languages the general principal was also that of one name for each individual[…]
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.
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[…].
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Let #92;mathcalF be a family of subsets over S.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the brass family;  the violin family
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the Indo-European family
the Afroasiatic family
gloss: Suitable for children and adults.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
Some animated movies are not just for kids, they are family movies.
This is a family restaurant, stop making out!
gloss: Homosexual.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: I knew he was family when I first met him.
Synonyms: flesh and blood
kin
kinfolk
fam
class
Related words: familial
familiar
familiarity
familicide
domain
kingdom
phylum
division
class
order
superfamily
subfamily
tribe
genus
species
Derived words: all in the family
aluminium family
antifamily
baby of the family
Batfamily
beanpole family
befamilied
biofamily
birthfamily
blended family
chosen family
county family
dual earner family
epifamily
ERM protein family
Ewing family
extended family
fam
familect
familied
familiocracy
familist
family affair
family allowance
family and consumer science
family annihilation
family annihilator
family bed
family Bible
family business
family car
family celebrant
family circle
family court
Family Day
family dissident
family doctor
family friend
family-friendliness
family-friendly
family ganging
family grouping
family guy
family heirloom
family historian
family history
family home evening
familyhood
familyish
familyism
familyist
family jewels
family law
family leave
familyless
familylike
family man
family meal
family medicine
family member
familymoon
family name
family newspaper
family of curves
family office
family of orientation
family of procreation
family of sets
family of subsets
family pajamas
family physician
family planning
family pole
family rebel
family rebellion
family resemblance
family restaurant
family reunification
family reunion
family romance
family roof
family room
family-run
family size
family-sized
family-style
family tree
family unit
family-valuer
family valuer
family values
family voting
family wage
familywise
family woman
fampool
first family
foster family
found family
framily
gene family
glitter family
godfamily
gold star family
hamily
Helly family
Holy Family
host family
ichnofamily
immediate family
in a family way
infrafamily
interfamily
in the family way
intrafamily
joint family
keep it in the family
language family
live with one's wife's family
macrofamily
merfamily
multifamily
multigene family
natural family planning
nonfamily
nuclear family
nuke family
one big happy family
oofamily
pearly family
polyfamily
profamily
rainbow family
retrofamily
royal family
run in the family
second family
sell the family silver
single-parent family
Sperner family
start a family
stem family
stepfamily
suprafamily
the family that lays together stays together
the family that prays together stays together
the family that sleeps together keeps together
underfamily
unfamilied
Wood family
word family
working family
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: عَائِلَة
roman: ʕāʔila
lang: Arabic
word: أُسْرَة
roman: ʔusra
lang: Arabic
word: أَقَارِب
roman: ʔaqārib
lang: Arabic
word: أَهْل
roman: ʔahl
lang: Armenian
word: ընտանիք
roman: əntanikʻ
lang: Aromanian
word: fumealji
lang: Aromanian
word: fumealje
lang: Asturian
word: familia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qohum-əqrəba
lang: Azerbaijani
word: külfət
lang: Belarusian
word: сям'я́
roman: sjamʺjá
lang: Belarusian
word: род
roman: rod
lang: Bengali
word: বংশ
roman: boṅśo
lang: Bengali
word: খানদান
roman: khanodan
lang: Bengali
word: গোষ্ঠী
roman: gōśṭhi
lang: Breton
word: familh
lang: Breton
word: kerentiezh
lang: Bulgarian
word: рода́
roman: rodá
lang: Catalan
word: família
lang: Chechen
word: доьзал
roman: dözal
lang: Chechen
word: гаьргара нах
roman: gärgara nax
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 家族
roman: gaa¹ zuk⁶
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 家族
roman: gă-cŭk
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 家族
roman: kâ-chhu̍k
lang: Chinese
word: 家族
roman: ka-cho̍k
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 家族
roman: jiāzú
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 家族
roman: ¹cia-zoq
lang: Czech
word: rodina
lang: Danish
word: familie
lang: Dutch
word: familie
lang: Esperanto
word: familio
lang: Ewe
word: ƒome
lang: Faroese
word: ætt
lang: Finnish
word: suku
lang: French
word: famille
lang: Galician
word: familia
lang: German
word: Familie
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹
roman: kuni
lang: Greek
word: οικογένεια
roman: oikogéneia
lang: Hebrew
word: מִשְׁפָּחָה
roman: mishpakhá
lang: Hindi
word: परिवार
roman: parivār
lang: Hindi
word: ख़ानदान
roman: xāndān
lang: Hindi
word: कुटुंब
roman: kuṭumb
lang: Hindi
word: कुल
roman: kul
lang: Hindi
word: वंश
roman: vañś
lang: Hindi
word: घराना
roman: gharānā
lang: Hungarian
word: család
lang: Icelandic
word: fjölskylda
lang: Icelandic
word: afkvæmi
lang: Icelandic
word: ættingi
lang: Icelandic
word: ættingjar
lang: Icelandic
word: skyldmenni
lang: Ido
word: familio
lang: Indonesian
word: kerabat
lang: Ingrian
word: suku
lang: Interlingua
word: familia
lang: Irish
word: muintir
lang: Irish
word: dream
lang: Italian
word: famiglia
lang: Japanese
word: 親戚
roman: shinseki
lang: Japanese
word: 親類
roman: shinrui
lang: Japanese
word: 親族
roman: shinzoku
lang: Japanese
word: 家庭
roman: katei
lang: Korean
word: 친척
roman: chincheok
lang: Korean
word: 친족
roman: chinjok
lang: Korean
word: 가정
roman: gajeong
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кодок
roman: kodok
lang: Latgalian
word: ciļts
lang: Latgalian
word: dzymums
lang: Latin
word: familia
lang: Latin
word: gēns
lang: Latvian
word: ģimene
lang: Latvian
word: dzimta
lang: Latvian
word: radinieki
lang: Lisu
word: ꓚꓬꓸ
roman: tʃɑ́
lang: Lithuanian
word: giminė
lang: Lithuanian
word: šeimyna
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: famiy
lang: Macedonian
word: семејство
roman: semejstvo
lang: Macedonian
word: фамилија
roman: familija
lang: Macedonian
word: род
roman: rod
lang: Malay
word: keluarga
lang: Malay
word: famili
lang: Malayalam
word: കുടുംബം
roman: kuṭumbaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: കുലം
roman: kulaṁ
lang: Māori
word: whānau
lang: Marshallese
word: bwij
lang: Middle English
word: kyn
lang: Middle English
word: kynrede
lang: Navajo
word: hakʼéí
lang: Old English
word: hīred
lang: Iranian Persian
word: خانْدان
roman: xândân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: خویشان
roman: xišân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نَزْدیکان
roman: nazdikân
lang: Polish
word: rodzina
lang: Polish
word: ród
lang: Portuguese
word: família
lang: Romani
word: familija
lang: Romanian
word: familie
lang: Russian
word: семья́
roman: semʹjá
lang: Russian
word: семе́йство
roman: seméjstvo
lang: Russian
word: род
roman: rod
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: гоанҍц
roman: gån’c
lang: Sanskrit
word: कुल
roman: kula
lang: Scots
word: faimlie
lang: Scots
word: faimily
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: teaghlach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀родица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: оби́тељ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòrodica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: obítelj
lang: Sicilian
word: famigghia
lang: Slovak
word: rodina
lang: Slovak
word: rod
lang: Slovene
word: družina
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: swójźba
lang: Spanish
word: familia
lang: Swahili
word: familia
lang: Swedish
word: börd
lang: Tagalog
word: kamag-anakan
lang: Tashelhit
word: tagffut
lang: Telugu
word: వంశ పరంపర
roman: vaṁśa parampara
lang: Thai
word: ตระกูล
roman: dtrà-guun
lang: Tocharian B
word: kottär
lang: Turkish
word: aile
lang: Turkish
word: kodak
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎌𐎔𐎃
roman: špḫ
lang: Ukrainian
word: роди́на
roman: rodýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: сім'я́
roman: simʺjá
lang: Ukrainian
word: рід
roman: rid
lang: Urdu
word: خانْدان
roman: xāndān
lang: Urdu
word: پَرِوار
roman: parivār
lang: Urdu
word: دُودْمان
roman: dūdmān
lang: Urdu
word: اَقارِب
roman: aqārib
lang: Urdu
word: اَہْل
roman: ahl
lang: Urdu
word: آل
roman: āl
lang: Uzbek
word: oila
lang: Vietnamese
word: gia tộc
lang: Yiddish
word: משפּחה
roman: mishpokhe
lang: Zulu
word: umndeni
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ailəvi
lang: Breton
word: familh
lang: Bulgarian
word: семе́ен
roman: seméen
lang: Catalan
word: familiar
lang: Czech
word: rodinný
lang: Danish
word: familie-
lang: Esperanto
word: familia
lang: Finnish
word: perhe-
lang: Finnish
word: suku-
lang: Galician
word: familiar
lang: Greek
word: οικογένεια
roman: oikogéneia
lang: Hebrew
word: משפחתי
roman: mishpakhtí
lang: Hungarian
word: családi
lang: Hungarian
word: házi
lang: Interlingua
word: familiar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: malbatî
lang: Macedonian
word: семеен
roman: semeen
lang: Macedonian
word: фамилија́рен
roman: familijáren
lang: Polish
word: rodzinny
lang: Portuguese
word: familiar
lang: Romanian
word: familiar
lang: Russian
word: семе́йный
roman: seméjnyj
lang: Slovak
word: rodinný
lang: Slovene
word: družinski
lang: Spanish
word: familiar
lang: Welsh
word: teulu