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I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family.
Francisco Costa

Meaning of "family" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAMILY

From Latin familia a household, servants of the house, from famulus servant.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FAMILY

family  [ˈfæmɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAMILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Family is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAMILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

family

Family

In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence/shared consumption. Members of the immediate family may include a spouse, parent, brother and sister, and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew and niece, or sibling-in-law. In most societies the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrifocal; conjugal; avuncular; or extended family in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family. As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for anthropologists and sociologists of the family. Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo. "Family" is used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, global village and humanism. Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history. Family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics.

Definition of family in the English dictionary

The first definition of family in the dictionary is a primary social group consisting of parents and their offspring, the principal function of which is provision for its members. Other definition of family is one's wife or husband and one's children. Family is also one's children, as distinguished from one's husband or wife.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAMILY


antifamily
ˌæntɪˈfæmɪlɪ
clammily
ˈklæmɪlɪ
contumely
ˈkɒntjʊmɪlɪ
dissimile
dɪsˈsɪmɪlɪ
dreamily
ˈdriːmɪlɪ
facsimile
fækˈsɪmɪlɪ
gemmily
ˈdʒɛmɪlɪ
gloomily
ˈɡluːmɪlɪ
hammily
ˈhæmɪlɪ
homily
ˈhɒmɪlɪ
interfamily
ˌɪntəˈfæmɪlɪ
millie
ˈmɪlɪ
multifamily
ˌmʌltɪˈfæmɪlɪ
nonfamily
ˌnɒnˈfæmɪlɪ
profamily
prəʊˈfæmɪlɪ
ramillie
ˈræmɪlɪ
simile
ˈsɪmɪlɪ
stepfamily
ˈstɛpˌfæmɪlɪ
subfamily
ˈsʌbˌfæmɪlɪ
superfamily
ˈsuːpəˌfæmɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAMILY

famille
family album
family allowance
family balancing
family Bible
family business
family butcher
family car
family circle
Family Compact
family court
family credit
Family Crisis Intervention Unit
Family Division
family doctor
family firm
family friend
family grouping
Family Health Services Authority
family hotel

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAMILY

beamily
county family
creamily
extended family
filmily
first family
foamily
gamily
happy family
Holy Family
host family
lone-parent family
nuclear family
one-parent family
roomily
royal family
single-parent family
smarmily
steamily
the Holy Family

Synonyms and antonyms of family in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FAMILY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «family» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of family

Translation of «family» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAMILY

Find out the translation of family to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of family from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «family» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

家庭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

familia
570 millions of speakers

English

family
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عائِلَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

семья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

família
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিবার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

famille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

keluarga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Familie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

家族
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kulawarga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia đình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடும்ப
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुटुंब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

famiglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rodzina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сім´я
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

familie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικογένεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

familj
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

familie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of family

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAMILY»

The term «family» is very widely used and occupies the 526 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of family
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «family».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAMILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «family» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «family» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about family

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FAMILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word family.
1
Jack Abramoff
Having gone through what I went through, watching my family be torn to shreds and my children suffer immensely, I can't be the agent of doing that to someone else. I can't be the agent of causing someone to go to prison.
2
Cristela Alonzo
A lot of my material was based on my family.
3
Dale Archer
Anything that you can become obsessed with, and you do so much that you don't do the things you need to do with family, friends, school, job - that can be an addiction. And texting absolutely can qualify.
4
Juliette Binoche
Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.
5
Tom Bosley
Happy Days was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the 50s. I realized that kids were watching their parents grow up and the parents were watching themselves grow up. That was the key to the success of our show.
6
Natasha Calis
I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
7
Margaret Cavendish
Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.
8
Clayton Christensen
I believe that we can, in a deliberate way, articulate the kind of people we want to become. We can articulate the culture that we would want to exist in our family, and you can then, as the rest of life happens to you, you can utilize those things to help you become the kind of person you want to be.
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Francisco Costa
I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family.
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Joel Courtney
In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAMILY»

Discover the use of family in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to family and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Family
Drawn largely from Ba Jin's own experience, Family is the story of the Kao family compound, consisting of four generations plus servants; it's essentially a picture of the conflict between old China and the new tide rising to destroy it, as ...
Jin Ba, 1972
2
Family Socialization and Interaction Process
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Talcott Parsons, Robert F. Bales, 1956
3
The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks ...
Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the Roberston family, documenting the teenage romance and marriage of Willie and Korie Robertson, their success as a multi-million dollar hunting equipment business, and their rise to stardom on reality ...
Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson, 2012
4
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in ...
Follows two teenagers coming of age in the midst of the Bronx drug trade as they experience budding sexuality, teen parenthood, and gang identity in a social examination of the challenges of family life in the face of violence.
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, 2003
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A Sociology of Family Life
Explores the growing diversity of family life and new sociological thinking about ‘family’, parenting, childhood and personal life. Presents a comprehensive assessment of recent research and theory.
Deborah Chambers, 2012
6
Family Frames: Photography, Narrative, and Postmemory
"Published 1997 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Reissued by the author, 2012."-- T.p. verso.
Marianne Hirsch, 1997
7
A TREATISE ON THE FAMILY
This is only one of the remarkable concepts explored by Gary Becker in his landmark work on the family. Becker applies economic theory to the most sensitive and fateful personal decisions, such as choosing a spouse or having children.
Gary S. Becker, 1991
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Reading the Family Dance: Family Systems Therapy and ...
John V. Knapp is Professor of English, with a joint appointment in modern literature and in teacher education, at Northern Illinois University. Kenneth Womack is Assist
John V. Knapp, Kenneth Womack, 2003
9
Calming the Family Storm: Anger Management for Moms, Dads, ...
A practical guide to help families deal effectively with anger includes strategies for anger control, problem solving techniques to avoid conflict, and a tool kit for discipline without anger.
Gary D. McKay, Steven A. Maybell, 2004
10
Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence
Although the book focuses on the individual, organizational, and institutional aspects of gang membership, it also explores gang members' involvement with other school and neighborhood structures.
Scott H. Decker, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAMILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term family is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeb Bush Draws on Family Dynasty for Fund-Raising Efforts
In his early months as a candidate, Jeb Bush seemed unsure of how tightly to embrace the family mantle, dodging questions about the record of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Judge: Family of Mexican teen shot by border patrol agent can sue
In the Texas case, a federal appeals court found the family of another Mexican teen killed by an agent cannot sue in the United States. «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Motherlode | An Adult Stepson Moves In, and a Solid Family Wobbles
asked my 21-year-old-son, Tracey, after our first family dinner together in four years. My husband gave me a look that said, You don't the have ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Shark-shaped shadow gets up close and personal with Tenn. family
PORTLAND, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Portland family wasn't sure they saw a shark while vacationing in Florida, but they weren't going to take any ... «WKRN.com, Jul 15»
5
Ice caves victim 'beautiful, inside and out' says family
The family of a young woman killed in the Big Four Ice Caves ... That's what ultimately brought the family to Snohomish County's Big Four Ice ... «KING5.com, Jul 15»
6
Tennessee family released unharmed after harrowing kidnapping
Kidnappers released the family of a SmartBank executive after forcing the father to rob a bank. The FBI is investigating whether or not the ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
7
When should you give money to a family member?
Deciding how much money to give family members can be a problem for everyone from parents wondering whether to let grown children live at ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Missing ex-TCNJ assistant provost presumed dead by family after …
"This is a devastating, huge loss not only for our family but for the Trenton community,'' Peter Donohue said. "Pat dedicated his entire life to ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
Family remembers couple that died during Memorial Day floods
For the first time, we're hearing from the family of a couple that died during the Memorial Day floods. They're opening up about their loss as city. «KHOU, Jul 15»
10
Girl missing from Near North Side reunited with family
She has since been found and returned to her family, police said Friday morning. Article 1 of 5 . UP NEXT: Several big U.S. cities see homicide ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

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