family

Etymology


From Late, from. Displaced native. .

Noun

 * 1)  A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
 * 2)  An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
 * 3)  A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
 * 4)  Members of one's family collectively.
 * 5)  A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
 * 6)  The gay community.
 * 7)  Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
 * 8)   A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
 * 9)  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.
 * 10)  A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
 * 11)  A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 * 12)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 * 1)  A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
 * 2)  The gay community.
 * 3)  Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
 * 4)   A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
 * 7)  A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 * 8)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 * 1)  Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
 * 2)   A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
 * 5)  A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 * 6)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
 * 3)  A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 * 4)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 * 1)  A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 * 2)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 * 1)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 * 1)  A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.

Usage notes

 * In some dialects, is used as a plural (only) noun.

Synonyms

 * Thesaurus:class
 * Thesaurus:class

Translations

 * Afar: ,
 * Ainu:
 * Alabama:
 * Alemannic German: ,
 * Archi:
 * Avar: ,
 * Aymara: ,
 * Danish:, ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Persian:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:, , ,
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Suitable for children and adults.
 * 2)  Homosexual.
 * 1)  Homosexual.
 * 1)  Homosexual.
 * 1)  Homosexual.