family

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈfæm(ə)li/ or /ˈfæmɪli/
• (NZ) IPA ^(key): /ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/

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• Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧ly, fam‧ily

Noun

Singular family

Plural families

1. A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation.

   My parents and my two brothers are my family.

2. A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language.

   The Indo-European language family is a family of languages that is spoken by 3 billion people.

• 
  A family tree
• 
  A family (immediate family)
• 
  A family (extended family)

Related words

• extended family
• familial
• familiar
• nuclear family

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