Family

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English

From Latin familia, from famula, servant

family

A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family
"Her nuclear family was very small."
A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom
A kin, tribe; also called extended family
(Biology) in animal taxonomy, the classification below order and above genus
A group of people who live together
"This is my fraternity family at the university."
A group of related people similar to (2)
"Our company is one big happy family."

Breton: familh f -où (1,2), tiegezh m -ioù (1), kerentiezh f -ioù (2,3), kerentiad m -où (4)
Bulgarian: семейство n (1, 4), рода f (2)
Chinese: 家庭 (jia ting) (1), 家族 (jie zu) (2)
Czech: rodina f
Danish: familie c
Dutch: familie f (1,2,3), gezin n (1), bloedverwant m (3), bloedverwante f (3)
Esperanto: familio (1,2,3), parenco (3)
Finnish: perhe (1), suku (2, 3, 6), heimo (4), läheiset pl (5)
French: famille f (1,2,4), parent m (3)
German: Familie f
Greek: oikogeneia
Hebrew: משפחה (Mish'pacha)
Indonesian: keluarga, famili
Interlingua: familia
Japanese: 家族 (かぞく, kazoku), 親戚 (しんせき, shinseki), 親類 (しんるい, shinrui), 親族 (しんぞく, shinzoku); 科 (4)
Korean: 가족 [家族] (gajok)
Latin: familia f
Lithuanian: šeima f
Polish: rodzina f
Portuguese: família f
Romanian: familie f
Russian: семья f, семейство n, род m
Slovak: rodina f
Slovene: družina f
Spanish: familia f
Swedish: familj (1, 4); hushåll (1); släkt, släktskap, ätt, börd (2, 3)
Turkish: aile, akraba

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