What does Family mean?
Definitions for Family
ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm lifam·i·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Family.
Princeton's WordNet
family, household, house, home, menagenoun
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"
family, family unitnoun
primary social group; parents and children
"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
class, category, familynoun
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents"
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratrynoun
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
kin, kinsperson, familynoun
a person having kinship with another or others
"he's kin"; "he's family"
familynoun
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
"sharks belong to the fish family"
syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, familynoun
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
family, fellowshipnoun
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"
Wiktionary
familynoun
A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family.
Our family lives in town.
familynoun
A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom.
crime family, Mafia family
familynoun
A kin, tribe; also called extended family.
familynoun
A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.
familynoun
A group of people who live together, or one that is similar to one that is related by blood, marriage, law, or custom, or members of one's intimate social group.
familynoun
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.
familynoun
A group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production.
familynoun
A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
familyadjective
Suitable for children and adults.
familyadjective
Conservative, traditional.
The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
familyadjective
Homosexual.
I knew he was family when I first met him.
Etymology: familia, from famula.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Familynoun
Etymology: familia, Latin; famille, French.
The night made little impression on myself; but I cannot answer for my whole family; for my wife prevailed on me to take somewhat. Jonathan Swift.
There be two great families of things, sulphureous and mercurial, inflammable and not inflammable, mature and crude, oily and watry. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 354.
Wikipedia
Family
In the context of human society, a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage or other relationship), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of the English word "family") or some combination of these. The purpose of families is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families would offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and participate in the community. In most societies, it is within families children acquire socialization for life outside the family. Additionally, as the basic unit for meeting the basic needs of its members, it provides a sense of boundaries for performing tasks in a heterosexual environment, ideally builds a person into a functional adult, transmits culture, and ensures continuity of humankind with precedents of knowledge. Anthropologists generally classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family); avuncular (for example, a grandparent, a brother, his sister, and her children); or extended (parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family). Members of the immediate family may include spouses, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. Members of the extended family may include aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and siblings-in-law. Sometimes these are also considered members of the immediate family, depending on an individual's specific relationship with them. Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo. The word "families" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, global village, and humanism. The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics.
ChatGPT
family
A family is a group of individuals who are connected by blood, adoption, or marriage and live together in a household. Families typically share emotional bonds, provide support and care for one another, and may have legal or social responsibilities towards each other. They often form the basic unit of society and play a crucial role in raising and nurturing children, transmitting cultural values, and providing a sense of belonging and identity.
Webster Dictionary
Familyverb
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
Familyverb
the group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society
Familyverb
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
Familyverb
course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage
Familyverb
honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family
Familyverb
a group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family
Familyverb
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
Etymology: [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhman house, fr. dhto set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact, Feat.]
Wikidata
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children. Anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrilocal; conjugal; and consanguineal in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family. There are also concepts of family that break with tradition within particular societies, or those that are transplanted via migration to flourish or else cease within their new societies. As a unit of socialization the family is the object of analysis for sociologists of the family. Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history. In science, the term "family" has come to be used as a means to classify groups of objects as being closely and exclusively related. In the study of animals it has been found that many species form groups that have similarities to human "family"—often called "packs." Sexual relations among family members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Family
fam′i-li, n. the household, or all those who live in one house under one head, including parents, children, servants: the children of a person: the descendants of one common progenitor: race: honourable or noble descent: a group of animals, plants, languages, &c. more comprehensive than a genus.—ns. Fam′ilism, the family feeling; Fam′ilist, one of the 16th-cent. mystical sect known as the Family of Love, which based religion upon love independently of faith.—Family Bible, a large Bible for family worship, with a page for recording family events; Family coach, a large carriage able to carry a whole family; Family man, a man with a family: a domesticated man.—Be in the family way, to be pregnant; In a family way, in a domestic manner. [L. familia—famulus, a servant.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Family
A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
FAMILY
Originally a wife and several children, a matter of pride to the possessor. Now obsolete among the careful, or confined to the wife, a bull pup and a canary bird.
Editors Contribution
familynoun
A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. A group of people related to one another by blood or marriage . A group of objects united by a significant shared characteristic.
My family is the bringers of light.
Etymology: Clan
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on May 5, 2024
family
A group of people who live at a house, dwelling or property as a group or unit.
Family can take so many forms in 2020, what is important is that they act and feel like a family.
Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020
Family
Family is a group of people by blood, adoption, marriage and friends
Monogamy Polygamy etc
Submitted by Lazolk on October 15, 2020
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Entomology
Family
a division of classification including a number of genera agreeing in one or a set of characters and so closely related that they are apparently descended from one stem: opinionative and indicated by the termination idae.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Family' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #234
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Family' in Written Corpus Frequency: #511
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Family' in Nouns Frequency: #36
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Family in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Family in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Family in a Sentence
I had to pursue my studies here, I had to get a job, i was the first person in my family to come to the U.S.
There are a lot of things to consider. I think people have very clearly seen the way weve been treated as a family since Donald Trump announced that he was running for president, sincehe became president, our family is under constant scrutiny.
It was upsetting, to have so many generations of your family born in this place and be so deeply rooted to it —to not have [local birth] as an option was sad.
Charleena Lyles ' family rejects the ultimate findings from the inquest jury today, the process focused only on the officers' states of mind. Not on Charleena Lyles '.
I imagine it will fall to the family to take care of the items.
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Translations for Family
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- аҭаацәаAbkhaz
- familieAfrikaans
- ቤተሰብ, ዘመድ አዝማድ, ቤተሰቦችAmharic
- familhaAragonese
- أَقَارِب, عَائِلَة, أَهْل, أُسْرَة, أسرةArabic
- পৰিয়ালAssamese
- fəsilə, ailəAzerbaijani
- ғаиләBashkir
- радзі́на, сям'я́Belarusian
- рода, семейство, семеен, семе́йство, групаBulgarian
- পরিবারBengali
- familh, kerentiezh, kerentiad, tiegezhBreton
- família, marieta, familiarCatalan, Valencian
- доьзалChechen
- famigliaCorsican
- rodinný, čeleď, rodinaCzech
- teuluWelsh
- familie, æt, familie-Danish
- Familie, vom anderen Ufer seinGerman
- އާއިލާDivehi
- ƒomeEwe
- οικογένειαGreek
- familia, familioEsperanto
- familia, familiarSpanish
- perekond, pereEstonian
- عائله, خاندان, نزدیکان, همنوا, فامیل, گونه, شاخه, خانوادَه, خویشان, خانوادهPersian
- perhe, suku, heimoFinnish
- ættFaroese
- familleFrench
- teaghlach, dream, fineIrish
- teaghlachScottish Gaelic
- familia, familiarGalician
- પરિવારGujarati
- lught thie, mooinjerManx
- IyaliHausa
- משפחה, משפחתיHebrew
- परिवार, ख़ानदान, बाल-बच्चेHindi
- fanmiHaitian Creole
- család, családi, háziHungarian
- ընտանիքArmenian
- familia, familiarInterlingua
- keluarga, famili, kerabatIndonesian
- ꏤNuosu
- familioIdo
- ættingjar, fjölskylda, skyldmenni, ætt, afkvæmi, ættingiIcelandic
- famigliaItalian
- משפחהHebrew
- 親類, 家庭, 科, 親戚, 家族, 親族Japanese
- brayatJavanese
- ოჯახიGeorgian
- семья, от басы, әулетKazakh
- គ្រួសារ, អំបូរKhmer
- ಆವಳಿ, ಕುಟುಂಬKannada
- 가정, 가족, 家族, 家庭, 친척Korean
- malbatîKurdish
- үй-бүлө, бүлөKyrgyz
- familiaLatin
- amakaGanda
- ຄອບຄົວLao
- šeimyna, šeima, giminėLithuanian
- saime, ģimene, dzimtaLatvian
- род, фамилија, се́мејство, семејство, фами́лија, фамилија́рен, семеенMacedonian
- തറവാട്Malayalam
- овог, гэр бүл, айлMongolian
- परिवारMarathi
- keluarga, famili, rumpunMalay
- familja, familjiMaltese
- မိသားစုBurmese
- परिबारNepali
- familie, gezinDutch
- skeiv, familieNorwegian
- hakʼéí, bił kééhashtʼíinii, hooghan hazʼą́Navajo, Navaho
- familhaOccitan
- ପରିବାରOriya
- бинонтӕOssetian, Ossetic
- ਪਰਿਵਾਰPanjabi, Punjabi
- rodzinny, rodzinaPolish
- کورنۍPashto, Pushto
- família, familiarPortuguese
- famigliaRomansh
- familie, familiarRomanian
- семе́йный, семе́йство, семья́, род, фами́лия, семьяRussian
- कुल, कुलःSanskrit
- خاندانSindhi
- породица, pòrodica, обитељ, obiteljSerbo-Croatian
- පවුලSinhala, Sinhalese
- rodinný, rodinaSlovak
- družina, družinskiSlovene
- familjeAlbanian
- familj, börd, bög, hushållSwedish
- குடும்பம், குடும்பTamil
- వంశ పరంపర, కుటుంబము, కుటుంబంTelugu
- оила, хонавода, хонадонTajik
- ครอบครัวThai
- maşgalaTurkmen
- pamilya, kamag-anakanTagalog
- familya, aile, ocakTurkish
- гаилә, семьяTatar
- ئائىلەUyghur, Uighur
- сім'я́, роди́на, familyUkrainian
- خاندان, پروارUrdu
- oila, xonadonUzbek
- gia tộc, 家庭, gia đinhVietnamese
- famül, familiaVolapük
- famileWalloon
- משפּחה, מישפּאָכעYiddish
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