family
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Noun (8)families
- a social unit living together“he moved his family to Virginia”“It was a good Christian household”“I waited until the whole house was asleep”“the teacher asked how many people made up his home”“the family refused to accept his will”Synonyms: householdhousehomemenageType of unit, social unitKinds foster home, nuclear family, menage a trois, extended family, foster family, broken home
- primary social group; parents and children“he wanted to have a good job before starting a family”Synonyms: family unitType of kin, kin groupKinds marriage, coupleExamples Marx Brothers, Bronte sistersMembers child, parent, sibling
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute“there are two classes of detergents”Synonyms: classcategoryType of collection, aggregationKinds sex, stamp, declension, denomination, substitution class, brass family, violin family, woodwind family, histocompatibility complex, weight class +2 moreMembers superphylum
- people descended from a common ancestor“his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”Synonyms: family linefolkkinfolkkinsfolkseptphratryType of lineage, lineKinds people, name, dynasty, homefolk, house
- a person having kinship with another or others“he's kin”“he's family”Synonyms: kinkinspersonType of relative, relationKinds affine
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera“sharks belong to the fish family”Type of taxonomic group, taxonomic categoryKinds moss family, dicot family, chordate family, monocot family, Filoviridae, echinoderm family, Endamoebidae, protoctist family, fungus family, ctenophore family +15 moreMember of orderMembers genus, Rhabdoviridae, tribe, Arenaviridae, Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, Reoviridae +1 more
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activitiesSynonyms: syndicatecrime syndicatemob
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities“the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family”“the church welcomed new members into its fellowship”Synonyms: fellowship
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Translations
Noun parents and their children
- Spanish
- familia
- French
- famille
- German
- Familie
- Italian
- famiglia
- Portuguese
- família
- Turkish
- aile
- Russian
- семья́ semʹjá
- Arabic
- عَائِلَة ʕāʔila
- Chinese
- 家庭 jiātíng
- Japanese
- 家族 kazoku
36 more languages
- Dutch
- gezin
- Polish
- rodzina
- Swedish
- familj
- Greek
- οικογένεια oikogéneia
- Korean
- 가족 gajok
- Indonesian
- keluarga
- Vietnamese
- gia đình
- Hungarian
- család
- Portuguese (PT)
- família
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 家庭 jiātíng
- Albanian
- familje
- Breton
- familh
- Catalan
- família
- Corsican
- famiglia
- Czech
- rodina
- Danish
- familie
- Esperanto
- familio
- Estonian
- perekond
- Finnish
- perhe
- Georgian
- ოჯახი oǯaxi
- Hebrew
- מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpakhá
- Icelandic
- fjölskylda
- Kurdish
- malbat
- Latvian
- ģimene
- Lithuanian
- šeima
- Malagasy
- fianakaviana
- Norwegian
- familie
- Romanian
- familie
- Scottish Gaelic
- teaghlach
- Serbo-Croatian
- obitelj
- Slovak
- rodina
- Slovenian
- družina
- Swahili
- familia
- Walloon
- famile
- Welsh
- teulu
- Yiddish
- משפּחה mishpokhe
Noun taxonomic rank above genus
- Spanish
- familia
- French
- famille
- German
- Familie
- Italian
- famiglia
- Portuguese
- família
- Turkish
- aile
- Russian
- семе́йство seméjstvo
- Arabic
- فَصِيلَة faṣīla
- Japanese
- 科 ka
- Dutch
- familie
26 more languages
- Polish
- rodzina
- Swedish
- familj
- Greek
- οικογένεια oikogéneia
- Korean
- 과 gwa
- Vietnamese
- họ
- Hungarian
- család
- Portuguese (PT)
- família
- Breton
- kerentiad
- Catalan
- família
- Czech
- čeleď
- Danish
- familie
- Esperanto
- familio
- Finnish
- heimo
- Georgian
- ოჯახი oǯaxi
- Hebrew
- מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpakhá
- Icelandic
- ætt
- Latvian
- dzimta
- Lithuanian
- šeima
- Malagasy
- fianakaviana
- Norwegian
- familie
- Romanian
- familie
- Slovenian
- družina
- Swahili
- familia
- Walloon
- famile
- Welsh
- teulu
- Yiddish
- משפּחה mishpokhe
Noun relatives, kin group
- Spanish
- familia
- French
- famille
- German
- Familie
- Italian
- famiglia
- Portuguese
- família
- Turkish
- aile
- Russian
- род rod
- Arabic
- عَائِلَة ʕāʔila
- Chinese
- 家族 jiāzú
- Japanese
- 親戚 shinseki
31 more languages
- Dutch
- familie
- Polish
- rodzina
- Greek
- οικογένεια oikogéneia
- Korean
- 가정 gajeong
- Indonesian
- kerabat
- Vietnamese
- gia tộc
- Hungarian
- család
- Portuguese (PT)
- família
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 家族 jiāzú
- Breton
- familh
- Catalan
- família
- Czech
- rodina
- Danish
- familie
- Esperanto
- familio
- Estonian
- suguvõsa
- Finnish
- suku
- Georgian
- ოჯახი ojakhi
- Hebrew
- מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpakhá
- Icelandic
- fjölskylda
- Kurdish
- malbat
- Latvian
- ģimene
- Lithuanian
- giminė
- Malagasy
- fianakaviana
- Romanian
- familie
- Scottish Gaelic
- teaghlach
- Slovak
- rodina
- Slovenian
- družina
- Swahili
- familia
- Walloon
- famile
- Welsh
- teulu
- Yiddish
- משפּחה mishpokhe
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhāman house, fr. dhāto set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, transitive verb, Doom, Fact, Feat.
1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society.— Herbert Spencer
3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
Go ! and pretend your family is young.— Alexander Pope
4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
7. Biology A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In Zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
Family circle. See under Circle. — Family man. (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him and dependent upon him. (b) A man of domestic habits. “The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men.” Henry Mayhew — Family of curves or Family of surfaces Geometry, a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation. — In a family way, like one belonging to the family. “Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?” William M. Thackeray — In the family way, pregnant. Colloq. euphemism
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54