Definitions of family [ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li]

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Definition of 'family'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) family
parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.

2.  family
the children of one person or one couple collectively.

3.  family
the spouse and children of one person.

4.  family
any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins.

5.  family
all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.

6.  family
a group of persons who form a household, esp. under one head.

7.  family
the staff, or body of assistants, of an official:
the presidential family.

8.  family
a group of related things:
the halogen family of elements.

9.  family
a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals.

10.  family
Biol. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usu. consisting of several genera.

11.  family
Ling. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty.

12.  family
a local unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra.

13. (adj.) family
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family:
a family trait.

14.  family
belonging to or used by a family.

15.  family
suitable or appropriate for adults and children:
a family amusement park.

16.  family
not containing obscene language:
a family newspaper.

Definition of 'family'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) family, household, house, home, menage
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"

2. (noun) family, family unit
primary social group; parents and children
"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

3. (noun) class, category, family
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents"

4. (noun) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

5. (noun) kin, kinsperson, family
a person having kinship with another or others
"he's kin"; "he's family"

6. (noun) family
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
"sharks belong to the fish family"

7. (noun) syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

8. (noun) family, fellowship
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"

Definition of 'family'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) family
a group consisting usually of parents and children
I'd like to meet your family.; single-parent families; a family of four

2.  family
start a family
to have children

3.  family
everyone related to sb and the relationship they have with each other
There have been lots of lawyers in our family.; Family is important to me.

4.  family
in the family
belonging to a family
She wants to keep the money in the family.

5.  family
a group of related things
Killer whales are in the same family as dolphins.; a word family

Definition of 'family'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) family
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. (verb) family
the group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society

3. (verb) family
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

4. (verb) family
course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage

5. (verb) family
honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family

6. (verb) family
a group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family

7. (verb) family
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

Definition of 'family'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. family
A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

Translation of 'family'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; (
Afrikaans: gesin, familie	Arabic: عائِلَه	Bulgarian: семейство
Brazilian: família	Czech: rodina; rodinný	German: die Familie, Familien...
Danish: familie; familie-	Greek: οικογένεια, οικογενειακός	Spanish: familia
Estonian: pere(kond)	Farsi: خانواده	Finnish: perhe
French: famille	Hebrew: מִשפָּחָה	Hindi: कुटुम्ब
Croatian: familija, obitelj; obitel	Hungarian: család; (melléknévként) c	Indonesian: keluarga
Icelandic: fjölskylda	Italian: famiglia	Japanese: 家族
Korean: 가족	Lithuanian: šeima; šeimyninis	Latvian: ģimene; ģimenes-
Malay: keluarga	Dutch: gezin	Norwegian: (kjerne)familie
Polish: rodzina	Persian: خانواده	Pashto: فاميل، كورنۍ، كېول، خېلخا
Portuguese: família	Romanian: familie	Russian: семья
Slovak: rodina; rodinný	Slovenian: družina	Serbian: porodica
Swedish: familj, familje-	Thai: ครอบครัว	Turkish: aile
Taiwanese: 家庭	Ukrainian: родина, сім'я	Urdu: ماں باپ بھائی بہن پر مشتم
Vietnamese: giađình	Chinese: 家庭
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