Dictionary for word family

семья, семейство, род, содружество, семейный, фамильный, родовой

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Словосочетания

a member of the imperial family — член императорской семьи  
in the bosom of the family — в кругу семьи  
family commitments — семейные обязанности  
destroyer of family life — губитель семьи  
devoted to one’s family — он целиком и полностью предан своей семье  
domestic / family discord — разлад в семье  
to disrupt smb.’s family life — разрушать чью-л. семейную жизнь  
familiar family friend — близкий друг семьи  
blended family — смешанная семья  
broken family — разбитая семья  
head of a family — глава семьи  
suburban family — семья, живущая в пригороде  

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Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): family
мн. ч.(plural): families

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  family
  
  

  1) семья́, семе́йство; род;

  а) семе́йный челове́к;

  б) челове́к зна́тного ро́да;

  2) содру́жество

  3)

  attr.

  семе́йный; родово́й; фами́льный;

  a) семе́йный круг;

  б)

  амер. театр.

  галёрка; балко́н;

  a) фами́лия;

  б) и́мя, ча́стое в роду́;

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > family

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  family
  
  

  Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > family

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  family
  
  

  English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > family

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  family
  
  

  Персональный Сократ > family

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  family
  
  

  family fare

  семейный тариф

  English-Russian aviation dictionary > family

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  family
  
  

  ˈfæmɪlɪ
  1. сущ.
  1) семья, семейство;
  род to start a family ≈ основать семью extended family ≈ большая семья good family ≈ хорошее( благородное) семейство He comes from a good. family ≈ Он из хорошей семьи. blended family ≈ смешанная семья broken family ≈ разбитая семья the head of a family ≈ глава семьи a member of a family ≈ член семьи in the family ≈ в семье to clothe a family, feed a family, raise a family, support a family ≈ кормить/содержать семью official family ≈ официальное семейство (ближайшее окружение президента, губернатора или мэра)
  2) а) раса;
  род;
  племя Syn: race II б) семейство (в различных научных областях) ;
  совокупность;
  система cat family ≈ семейство кошачьих rose family ≈ семейство розоцветных family of languages ≈ языковая семья family of curves ≈ семейство кривых
  3) братство, объединение, содружество Syn: concord, community ∙ the President’s official family амер. ≈ члены кабинета (министров) in the family way ≈ беременная be in the family way ≈ быть в интересном положении, быть беременной
  2. прил. семейный;
  фамильный, родовой;
  домашний family friend ≈ друг семьи family hotel ≈ гостиница для семейных family jewels ≈ фамильные драгоценности family likeness ≈ фамильное сходство;
  отдаленное сходство family name ≈
  1) фамилия
  2) имя, частое в роду family estate ≈ родовое имение family circle ≈
  1) домашний, семейный круг
  2) амер.;
  театр. галерка;
  балкон family man ≈ семейный человек;
  домосед family planning ≈ контроль рождаемости;
  ограничение рождаемости;
  планирование семьи family worker ≈ лицо, работающее на семейном предприятии family skeleton ≈ семейная тайна family status ≈ семейное положение family allowance ≈ пособие многодетным семьям family Bible ≈ семейная (домашняя) Библия (в которой часто фиксируются важнейшие семейные события, напр., даты рождения детей) family budget ≈ семейный бюджет family council ≈ семейный совет — family doctor — family feud — family law — family life — family medicine — family photograph — family physician — family quarrel — family room — family tree
  семья, семейство — * likeness семейное сходство — there is a * likeness between the two cousins между двоюродными братьями есть семейное сходство — * trait семейная /фамильная/ черта — * film /movie/ фильм для всей семьи;
  кинокартина, которую могут смотреть и дети, и взрослые — * friend друг семьи, друг дома — a man of * семейный человек — how are all your *? как поживает ваша семья /ваше семейство/? — my * are early risers у нас в семье все встают рано семья, род — * jewels фамильные драгоценности — * silver фамильное серебро — * estate родовое имение — a man of * человек знатного рода — a man of good * человек из хорошей семьи — a man of no * человек без роду, без племени — to run in the * быть характерной семейной особенностью /чертой/ — disease that runs in the * наследственная болезнь дети (одной семьи) — wife and * жена и дети — my wife and I want a large * мы с женой хотим иметь много детей — to start a * родить или зачать первого ребенка (специальное) семейство — cat * (зоология) семейство кошачьих — rose * (ботаника) семейство розоцветных — * of langauges языковая семья — * of curves (математика) семейство кривых — chlorine * (химическое) группа хлора — radium * (химическое) ряд радия — the Jupiter * (астрономия) семейство (планет) Юпитера коллектив, объединение — F. of Love ( историческое) Общество христианской любви (религиозная секта) — the President’s official * (американизм) члены кабинета (министров) «семья», «семейство» (в мафии) ;
  гангстерский синдикат, орудующий в определенном районе ( часто его главари — члены одной семьи) «семья»;
  группа хиппи, живущая коммуной > first families( американизм) первые поселенцы;
  (пренебрежительное) аристократия > the Holy F. святое семейство > happy * счастливая семейка (животные и птицы разных пород, мирно живущие в одной клетке) > in a * way по-домашнему, без церемоний > in the * way (эвфмеизм) в интересном положении, беременная
  to be in the ~ way быть в интересном положении (быть беременной) ;
  the President’s official family амер. члены кабинета (министров)
  broken ~ разбитая семья
  component ~ семейство комонентов
  computer ~ вчт. семейство вычислительных машин computer ~ вчт. семейство компьютеров
  extended ~ расширенная семья (включающая, кроме родителей и детей, также ближайших родственников)
  family вчт. ряд ~ вчт. семейство ~ семейство ~ семья, семейство;
  род ~ семья ~ вчт. серия ~ содружество man: ~ of worth достойный, почтенный человек;
  сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc.
  ~ attr. семейный;
  родовой;
  фамильный
  ~ circle семейный круг ~ circle амер. театр. галерка;
  балкон;
  family estate родовое имение;
  family man семейный человек;
  домосед
  ~ likeness фамильное сходство;
  отдаленное сходство;
  family friend друг семьи
  ~ name имя, частое в роду;
  family tree родословное дерево;
  family hotel гостиница для семейных
  ~ jewels фамильные драгоценности;
  family planning контроль рождаемости
  ~ likeness фамильное сходство;
  отдаленное сходство;
  family friend друг семьи
  ~ circle амер. театр. галерка;
  балкон;
  family estate родовое имение;
  family man семейный человек;
  домосед man: ~ of worth достойный, почтенный человек;
  сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc.
  ~ name имя, частое в роду;
  family tree родословное дерево;
  family hotel гостиница для семейных ~ name фамилия name: family ~ имя, традиционное в данной семье family ~ фамилия
  ~ of games вчт. семейство игр
  a man of ~ человек знатного рода;
  a family of languages лингв. языковая семья
  ~ jewels фамильные драгоценности;
  family planning контроль рождаемости planning: family ~ внутрисемейное регулирование рождаемости family ~ контроль рождаемости family ~ планирование семьи
  ~ name имя, частое в роду;
  family tree родословное дерево;
  family hotel гостиница для семейных
  foster families приемные семьи (средство оказания помощи лицам, которые имеют трудности в общении со своими родными семьями)
  infinity ~ бесконечное семейство
  integrated circuit ~ вчт. серия ИС
  low-income ~ семья с низким доходом
  a man of ~ семейный человек a man of ~ человек знатного рода;
  a family of languages лингв. языковая семья man: ~ of family знатный человек;
  амер. семейный человек;
  man of genius гениальный человек
  to be in the ~ way быть в интересном положении (быть беременной) ;
  the President’s official family амер. члены кабинета (министров)
  psychologist for ~ consiliation психолог по примирению в семьях
  shelter for battered ~ members убежище для членов разрушенной семьи
  single-parent ~ семья с одним родителем
  social worker for ~ conciliation социальный работник по вопросам примирения в семье
  task ~ вчт. семейство задач

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > family

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  family
  
  

  1) группа; совокупность

  2) род; семейство

  3) серия; модельный ряд

  5)

  биол.

  экологическое сообщество

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  English-Russian scientific dictionary > family

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  family
  
  

  [ˈfæmɪlɪ]

  to be in the family way быть в интересном положении (быть беременной); the President’s official family амер. члены кабинета (министров) broken family разбитая семья component family семейство комонентов computer family вчт. семейство вычислительных машин computer family вчт. семейство компьютеров extended family расширенная семья (включающая, кроме родителей и детей, также ближайших родственников) family вчт. ряд family вчт. семейство family семейство family семья, семейство; род family семья family вчт. серия family содружество man: family of worth достойный, почтенный человек; сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc. family attr. семейный; родовой; фамильный family circle семейный круг family circle амер. театр. галерка; балкон; family estate родовое имение; family man семейный человек; домосед family likeness фамильное сходство; отдаленное сходство; family friend друг семьи family name имя, частое в роду; family tree родословное дерево; family hotel гостиница для семейных family jewels фамильные драгоценности; family planning контроль рождаемости family likeness фамильное сходство; отдаленное сходство; family friend друг семьи family circle амер. театр. галерка; балкон; family estate родовое имение; family man семейный человек; домосед man: family of worth достойный, почтенный человек; сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc. family name имя, частое в роду; family tree родословное дерево; family hotel гостиница для семейных family name фамилия name: family family имя, традиционное в данной семье family family фамилия family of games вчт. семейство игр a man of family человек знатного рода; a family of languages лингв. языковая семья family jewels фамильные драгоценности; family planning контроль рождаемости planning: family family внутрисемейное регулирование рождаемости family family контроль рождаемости family family планирование семьи family name имя, частое в роду; family tree родословное дерево; family hotel гостиница для семейных foster families приемные семьи (средство оказания помощи лицам, которые имеют трудности в общении со своими родными семьями) infinity family бесконечное семейство integrated circuit family вчт. серия ИС low-income family семья с низким доходом a man of family семейный человек a man of family человек знатного рода; a family of languages лингв. языковая семья man: family of family знатный человек; амер. семейный человек; man of genius гениальный человек to be in the family way быть в интересном положении (быть беременной); the President’s official family амер. члены кабинета (министров) psychologist for family consiliation психолог по примирению в семьях shelter for battered family members убежище для членов разрушенной семьи single-parent family семья с одним родителем social worker for family conciliation социальный работник по вопросам примирения в семье task family вчт. семейство задач

  English-Russian short dictionary > family

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  family
  
  

  1. n семья, семейство

  family film — фильм для всей семьи; кинокартина, которую могут смотреть и дети и взрослые

  2. n семья, род

  3. n дети

  nuclear family — малая семья; нуклеарная семья, семья, состоящая из родителей и детей

  4. n спец. семейство

  5. n коллектив, объединение

  6. n «семья», «семейство»; гангстерский синдикат, орудующий в определённом районе

  7. n «семья»; группа хиппи, живущая коммуной

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. home (adj.) domestic; familial; home; homely; household

  3. clan (noun) clan; folk; kin; kindred; kith; lineage; race; relations; relatives; stock; tribe

  4. class (noun) class; genus; order; species; subdivision

  6. line (noun) ancestry; birth; blood; bloodline; extraction; forefathers; genealogy; line; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; seed

  7. offspring (noun) antecedents; brood; descendents; descent; forebears; generation; heirs; issue; offspring; progeny

  English-Russian base dictionary > family

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  family
  
  

  1.

  сущ.

  а)

  The average American family of four with a median income of $47,012 in 1996 will pay $10,250 in federal taxes. — Средняя американская семья из четырех человек с медианным доходом в 47 012 долларов заплатит 10 250 долларов федеральных налогов.

  Syn:

  See:

  family formation pattern [building model] — модель формирования семьи

  See:

  social institution, primary group, socialization 2), social role, social status, family planning, sociology of family, conjugal family, extended family, nuclear family, symmetrical family

  в)

  2)

  общ.

  семья, семейство; род, клан; раса

  а)

  Syn:

  See:

  б)

  Syn:

  в)

  5)

  общ.

  семья, набор, объединение, совокупность, серия

  See:

  а)

  7)

  2.

  прил.

  family circle — семейный, домашний круг, семейный очаг

  Syn:

  A family resort with 12 acres of birch, pine and aspen trees is located on Pelican Lake’s north shore. — Семейный курорт на 12 акрах берез, сосен и осин расположен на северном берегу озера Пеликан.

  Syn:

  See:

  Англо-русский экономический словарь > family

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  family
  
  

  1) семейство; совокупность, набор

  2) семья, семейство

  Англо-русский словарь по экономике и финансам > family

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  family
  
  

  [‘fæm(ə)lɪ]
  1.

  ;

  употр. с гл. в ед. и мн.

  1) семья, семейство; род

  to clothe / feed / support a family — одевать / кормить / содержать семью

  lone-parent / one-parent / single-parent family — неполная семья

  He comes from a good family. — Он из хорошей семьи.

  My family comes from Ireland. — Моя семья родом из Ирландии.

  My family are always fighting among themselves. — Члены моей семьи постоянно ссорятся друг с другом.

  3) раса; род; племя

  Syn:

  5) братство, объединение, содружество

  Syn:

  6) мафиозный клан; преступный синдикат

  Currently, there are five families in the New York City outfit of La Cosa Nostra. — На сегодняшний день в Нью-Йоркском филиале «Коза-ностра» действует пять семейств.

  Syn:

  •

  Gram:

  [ref dict=»LingvoGrammar (En-Ru)»]family[/ref]

  2.

  прил.

  семейный; фамильный, родовой; домашний

  family planning — контроль рождаемости; ограничение рождаемости; планирование семьи

  family worker — лицо, работающее на семейном предприятии

  
  — family life

  ••

  Англо-русский современный словарь > family

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  family
  
  

  [ʹfæm(ə)lı]

  1. 1) семья, семейство

  there is a family likeness between the two cousins — между двоюродными братьями есть семейное сходство

  family trait — семейная /фамильная/ черта

  family film /movie/ — фильм для всей семьи; кинокартина, которую могут смотреть и дети и взрослые

  family friend — друг семьи, друг дома

  a man of family — семейный человек [ тж. 2)]

  how are all your family? — как поживает ваша семья /ваше семейство/?

  2) семья, род

  a man of family — человек знатного рода [ тж. 1)]

  a man of no family — человек без роду, без племени

  to run in the family — быть характерной семейной особенностью /чертой/

  3. коллектив, объединение

  4. «семья», «семейство» (); гангстерский синдикат, орудующий в определённом районе ()

  5. «семья»; группа хиппи, живущая коммуной

  first families — а) первые поселенцы; б) аристократия

  in a family way — по-домашнему, без церемоний

  НБАРС > family

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  family
  
  

  1. семья; первичная социальная группа, основанная на браке или кровном родстве, принятии детей на воспитание;

  2. социальный институт, регулирующий отношения между супругами;

  3. социальная система с супружескими, родительскими статусами.

  * * *

  сущ.

  1) семья; первичная социальная группа, основанная на браке или кровном родстве, принятии детей на воспитание;

  2) социальный институт, регулирующий отношения между супругами;

  3) социальная система с супружескими, родительскими статусами.

  Англо-русский словарь по социологии > family

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  family
  
  

  Politics english-russian dictionary > family

• 16
  family
  
  

  English-Russian electronics dictionary > family

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  family
  
  

  The New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > family

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  family
  
  

  [‘fæmɪlɪ]

  n

  семья, семейство, род, порода

  The whole family came. — Они приехали всей семьей.

  He is just like one of the family. — Он у нас в доме свой.

  My family consists of four. — Моя семья состоит из четверых человек.

  He comes from a good family. — Он из хорошей семьи.

  — large family

  
  — good family
  — blended family
  — broken family
  — smb’s family
  — Brown family
  — cat family
  — family life
  — family quarrels
  — family likeness
  — man of a family
  — member of a family
  — in the family
  — have no family
  — start a family
  — feed a family

  USAGE:

  (1.) Family относится к собирательным существительным и может употребляться с глаголом как в единственном (если имеется в виду группа как нечто целое), так и во множественном числе (если имеются в виду отдельные члены группы): my family are wonderful, they do all they can to help me у нас в семье все просто замечательные люди, они делают все, что могут, чтобы помочь мне, ср. the average family (which consists now of four members at most) is much smaller than it used to be средняя семья (в которой теперь самое большее четыре человека) значительно меньше, чем когда-то. К таким существительным относятся также audience, class, club, committee, government, orchestra, team, staff, school, union. (2.) Если перед словами этой группы стоят слова each, every, this, that, то глагол используется в форме единственного числа

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > family

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fam·i·ly

 (făm′ə-lē, făm′lē)

n. pl. fam·i·lies

1.

a. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.

b. The children of one of these groups: She raised a large family.

c. A group of persons related by descent or marriage: My whole family, including my cousins, gets together once a year. See Usage Note at collective noun.

2. People in the same line of descent; lineage: comes from an old Virginia family.

3. Obsolete All the members of a household living under one roof.

4. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.

5.

a. A group of like things; a class: the family of brass instruments.

b. A group of individuals derived from a common stock: the family of human beings.

6. Biology A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.

7. Linguistics A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.

8. Mathematics A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.

9. Chemistry

a. A group of elements with similar chemical properties.

b. A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.

10. Physics Any of the three generations of elementary fermions.

adj.

1. Of or having to do with a family: family problems.

2. Being suitable for a family: family movies.

Idiom:

in the family way

Pregnant.

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[Middle English familie, from Latin familia, household, servants of a household, from famulus, servant.]

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family

(ˈfæmɪlɪ; ˈfæmlɪ)

n, pl -lies

1. (Sociology)

a. a primary social group consisting of parents and their offspring, the principal function of which is provision for its members

b. (as modifier): family quarrels; a family unit.

2. one’s wife or husband and one’s children

3. one’s children, as distinguished from one’s husband or wife

4. (Genetics) a group of persons related by blood; a group descended from a common ancestor. Compare extended family

5. all the persons living together in one household

6. any group of related things or beings, esp when scientifically categorized

7. (Biology) biology any of the taxonomic groups into which an order is divided and which contains one or more genera. Felidae (cat family) and Canidae (dog family) are two families of the order Carnivora

8. (Biology) ecology a group of organisms of the same species living together in a community

9. (Linguistics) a group of historically related languages assumed to derive from one original language

10. (Law) chiefly US an independent local group of the Mafia

11. (Mathematics) maths a group of curves or surfaces whose equations differ from a given equation only in the values assigned to one or more constants in each curve: a family of concentric circles.

12. (General Physics) physics the isotopes, collectively, that comprise a radioactive series

13. in the family way informal pregnant

[C15: from Latin familia a household, servants of the house, from famulus servant]

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fam•i•ly

(ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li)

n., pl. -lies,
adj. n.

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

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

3. the spouse and children of one person.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Ling. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty. Compare stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2).

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

adj.

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

14. belonging to or used by a family.

15.

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

b. not containing obscene language: a family newspaper.

Idioms:

in a or the family way, pregnant.

[1350–1400; Middle English familie < Latin familia]

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fam·i·ly

(făm′ə-lē)

A group of organisms ranking above a genus and below an order. See Table at taxonomy.

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family

— First referred to the servants of a household and then to both the servants and the descendants of a common ancestor. It comes from Latin familia, «household; household servants,» which came from another Latin term, famulus, «servant.» It was not until 1667 that the term was used specifically for parents and their children.

See also related terms for servants.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Family

 an assembly of objects with some common feature; a body of servants in a house; the members of a family. See also clan, set.

Examples: family of curves, 1741; of gladiators; of languages, 1875; of legends; of myths; of servants, 1722; of thieves, 1749; of yews, 1731.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	family — 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» household, menage, home, house broken home — a family in which the parents have separated or divorced conjugal family, nuclear family — a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner extended family — a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives foster family — the family of a fosterling foster home — a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) menage a trois — household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations social unit, unit — an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; «the coach said the offensive unit did a good job»; «after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit»
	2.	family — primary social group; parents and children; «he wanted to have a good job before starting a family» family unit kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe — group of people related by blood or marriage mates, couple, match — a pair of people who live together; «a married couple from Chicago» man and wife, married couple, marriage — two people who are married to each other; «his second marriage was happier than the first»; «a married couple without love» child, kid — a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; «they had three children»; «they were able to send their kids to college» parent — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian sib, sibling — a person’s brother or sister
	3.	family — a collection of things sharing a common attribute; «there are two classes of detergents» category, class grammatical category, syntactic category — (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties substitution class, paradigm — the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage — several things grouped together or considered as a whole brass family — (music) the family of brass instruments violin family — (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments woodwind family — (music) the family of woodwind instruments stamp — a type or class; «more men of his stamp are needed» declension — a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; «the first declension in Latin» conjugation — a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms denomination — a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; «he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations» histocompatibility complex — a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response superphylum — (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass
	4.	family — people descended from a common ancestor; «his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower» kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk people — members of a family line; «his people have been farmers for generations»; «are your people still alive?» homefolk — the people of your home locality (especially your own family); «he wrote his homefolk every day» house — aristocratic family line; «the House of York» dynasty — a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family gens, name — family based on male descent; «he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name» blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line — the descendants of one individual; «his entire lineage has been warriors»
	5.	family — a person having kinship with another or others; «he’s kin»; «he’s family» kin, kinsperson affine — (anthropology) kin by marriage relative, relation — a person related by blood or marriage; «police are searching for relatives of the deceased»; «he has distant relations back in New Jersey»
	6.	family — (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; «sharks belong to the fish family» Bunyaviridae — a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods) Filoviridae — a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) Togaviridae — a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods Flaviviridae — a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods Arenaviridae — a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods Rhabdoviridae — a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods Reoviridae — a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods bacteria family — a family of bacteria protoctist family — any of the families of Protoctista Endamoebidae, family Endamoebidae — a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract fish family — any of various families of fish chordate family — any family in the phylum Chordata bird family — a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings amphibian family — any family of amphibians reptile family — a family of reptiles arthropod family — any of the arthropods mammal family — a family of mammals coelenterate family — a family of coelenterates ctenophore family — a family of ctenophores worm family — a family of worms mollusk family — a family of mollusks family Panorpidae, Panorpidae — a family of insects of the order Mecoptera Bittacidae, family Bittacidae — a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera echinoderm family — a family of echinoderms biological science, biology — the science that studies living organisms taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group — animal or plant group having natural relations order — (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families form family — (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure subfamily — (biology) a taxonomic category below a family tribe — (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily genus — (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species moss family — a family of mosses liliopsid family, monocot family — family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed dicot family, magnoliopsid family — family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination fungus family — includes lichen families plant family — a family of plants fern family — families of ferns and fern allies
	7.	family — a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities crime syndicate, syndicate, mob gangdom, gangland, organized crime — underworld organizations Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia — a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
	8.	family — 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» fellowship association — a formal organization of people or groups of people; «he joined the Modern Language Association» koinonia — Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community

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family

noun

1. relations, people, children, issue, relatives, household, folk (informal), offspring, descendants, brood, kin, nuclear family, progeny, kindred, next of kin, kinsmen, ménage, kith and kin, your nearest and dearest, kinsfolk, your own flesh and blood His family are completely behind him, whatever he decides.

3. ancestors, forebears, parentage, forefathers, house, line, race, blood, birth, strain, tribe, sept, clan, descent, dynasty, pedigree, extraction, ancestry, lineage, genealogy, line of descent, stemma, stirps Her family came to Los Angeles at the turn of the century.

4. species, group, class, system, order, kind, network, genre, classification, subdivision, subclass foods in the cabbage family, such as Brussels sprouts

Quotations
«You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them» [Desmond Tutu address at enthronement as archbishop of Cape Town]
«The family — that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape» [Dodie Smith Dear Octopus]
«All happy families are alike, but every unhappy one is unhappy in its own way» [Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina]

Proverbs
«Blood is thicker than water»

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

family

noun

1. A group of usually related people living together as a unit:

2. A group of people sharing common ancestry:

3. One’s relatives collectively:

4. One’s ancestors or their character or one’s ancestral derivation:

ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock.

adjective

Of or relating to the family or household:

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Translations

أُسْرَهعائِلَةعائِلَهفَصيلَه نَباتيَّه أو حَيَوانيَّهنَسْل، آل

родасемеенсемейство

rodinarodinnýčeleďdruhtřída

familiefamilie-slægt=-familieæt

familioparenco

perhesukuheimo

ख़ानदानपरिवार

obiteljporodicarodsvojtafamilija

családcsaládiházi

ættfjölskyldaskyldmenniættingiættingjar

家族科

가족

genealogijos medisgiminėgimstamumo reguliavimasšeimašeimyna

bērni un sievadzimtaģimeneģimenes-saime

čeľaďrodinný

družinarod

familjhushållbörd

ครอบครัว

خاندان

gia đinhgia đình

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

family

[ˈfæmli ˈfæmɪli]

n (= relatives) → famille f
the Cooke family → la famille Cooke
a family of five → une famille de cinq personnes
to start a family → fonder une famille

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

family

n

(of plants, animals, languages etc) → Familie f; the family of man → die Menschheit

attr → Familien-; family business → Familienunternehmen nt; a family friend → ein Freund/eine Freundin des Hauses or der Familie; the family house → das Haus der Familie; a family house → ein Einfamilienhaus nt; the family silver → das Tafelsilber; she’s in the family way (inf) → sie ist in anderen Umständen; family conference → Familienrat m; family resemblance → Familienähnlichkeit f; family values → Familienwerte pl, → familiäre Werte pl

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family

:

family butcher

n D. Crosby, Family Butcher → D. Crosby, Fleischermeister; our/the family → unsere/die Stammfleischerei

family circle

n

(US Theat) → zweiter Rang

family company

n → Familienunternehmen nt → or -betrieb m

family credit

n (Brit) Sozialleistung für Geringverdiener, um das Familieneinkommen auf einen Mindestbetrag anzuheben

Family Division

n (Brit Jur) für Familienrecht zuständige Abteilung des obersten Gerichts, → ˜ Familiengericht nt

Family Health Services Authority

n (Brit) regionale Gesundheitsbehörde, → ˜ Gesundheitsamt nt

family hotel

n → Familienpension f

Family Income Supplement

n (dated) → Beihilfe f → (zum Lebensunterhalt) (für Familien)

family planning clinic

n → Familienberatungsstelle f

family reunion

n → Familientreffen nt

family room

n

(Brit) (in pub) für Kinder zugelassener Raum in einem Lokal (in hotel) → Familienzimmer nt

family-size

adj → in Haushaltsgröße; car, packet → Familien-; house → Einfamilien-

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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

family

(ˈfӕməli) – plural ˈfamilies – noun

1. (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; (also adjective) a family holiday.

2. a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc. He comes from a wealthy family; (also adjective) the family home.

3. the children of a man and his wife. When I get married I should like a large family.

4. a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way. In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.

family planning

controlling or limiting the number of children that people have especially by using a means of contraception. a family planning clinic.

family tree

(a plan showing) a person’s ancestors and relations.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

family

→ عائِلَة rodina familie Familie οικογένεια familia perhe famille obitelj famiglia 家族 가족 gezin familie rodzina família семья familj ครอบครัว aile gia đình 家庭

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

fam·i·ly

n. familia;

___ man → padre de familia;

___ name → apellido;

___ practice → práctica de ___;

___ therapy → terapia de ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• I’m here with my family
• I want to reserve a family room
• I’d like to reserve a family room (US)
  I’d like to book a family room (UK)

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

family

adj familiar; n (pl -lies) familia; dysfunctional — familia disfuncional; extended — familia extendida; — member familiar mf; — planning planificación f familiar; — practice medicina familiar or de familia; — treeárbol genealógico or familiar

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishFamily, Children, Biologyfamilyfam‧i‧ly /ˈfæməli/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural families)
 
 1 closely related group [countable]SSF a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, a father, and their children
 Do you know the family next door?
 The Webb family still has its farm over there.
 This house isn’t big enough for a family of seven.2 all your relations [countable, uncountable]SSFFAMILY all the people you are related to, including those who are now dead
 I’m moving to Detroit because I have some family there.in somebody’s family
 That painting has been in our family (=been owned by our family) for 200 years.
 Asthma runs in the family (=is common in the family).• In senses 1 and 2, family is usually followed by a singular verb: The family now lives in London.My family comes from Scotland originally.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb: The family now live in London.My family come from Scotland originally. 3 children [countable]SSCFAMILY children
 Couples with young families wouldn’t want to live here.
 They’re getting married next year, and hope to start a family (=have children) straight away.bring up/raise a family
 the problems of bringing up a family on a very low income

4 → family size/pack etc5 group of animals/things [countable] technicalGROUP OF THINGS a group of related animals, plants, languages etcthe cat/parrot/squirrel etc family
 The cat family includes lions and tigers.
 Spanish and Italian are part of the Romance language family. 6 → she’s/he’s family7 → in the family wayCOLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2adjectivesthe whole familyWe invited the whole family round.all the familyThis is a game which all the family can enjoy.somebody’s immediate family (=closest relations)What if one of your immediate family were disabled?somebody’s extended family (=including not only parents and children, but also grandparents, aunts etc)She gets a lot of help from her extended family.a large/small familyShe came from a large family of seven children.a one-parent/single-parent familyOne in seven families is a one-parent family.the nuclear family (=a family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children)Not everyone lives in a typical nuclear family.close/close-knit family (=a family that spends a lot of time together and gives each other support)Laura’s family are very close.the Royal family (=the king or queen and their family)The Royal Family have large estates in Scotland.the Smith/Jones/Brown etc familyThe Smith family are living in temporary accommodation.family + NOUNa family member/a member of the familyThe event was attended by many of his family members, including his children and grandchildren.somebody’s family backgroundHe comes from a stable family background.a family historyIs there a family history of heart disease?family lifeSome people believe that television is destroying family life.a family unitthe breakup of the traditional family unitsomebody’s family home (=where someone’s family live and where they lived as a child)Her family home is in a village outside Derry.a family business (=one run by members of a family)My parents expected me to join the family business.a family car (=one designed for families with children)It’s a practical family car that is also fun to drive.a family holiday British English, a family vacation American English:Most of our family holidays were spent in the south of France.a family resemblance (=when members of the same family look like each other)There’s a strong family resemblance between all the sisters.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘my family is five’, ‘my family is five members/people’, or ‘my family is of five members/people’. Say there are five people in my family.

Examples from the Corpusfamily• He comes from a family of eight children.• The following computations are based on both general assumptions about all families and specific assumptions about families at specific income levels.• tigers and other members of the cat family• My extended family usually gets together at holidays.• Until recently, all she and her family could do was wait and see.• Pearl is the last surviving member of her family.• Her family came to America from Scotland in about 1750.• Only her immediate family knew she had heart disease.• Various members of the Kennedy family were at the funeral.• Spanish and Italian are part of the Romance language family.• I grew up in a large family in the South.• Having an intact nuclear family does not guarantee that a child will turn out well.• Our family has lived around here for hundreds of years.• Single-parent families are much more common these days.• The cost of sending kids to college — even for a small family — is extremely high.• Do you know the family next door?• And last but not least, the baby of the family.• A lot of the families living in this area are very poor.• Predictably they will tell the adviser that they can not rehouse all those families and perhaps the tenant can contact the police.• It is their village now, just as much as it was for the old village families.• The resort isn’t really the place for people with young families.

runs in … family• It’s more of a case of maintaining form while others struggle, and it often runs in the family.• I told you, tiredness runs in the family.• Jimmy Souness, who was a school cleaner, had a history of heart disease which runs in the family.bring up/raise a family• Dads that are bringing up families single handedly shouldn’t be forgotten either.• That meant marrying, settling down, bringing up a family, thought Lily.• Bilijana, 26, was looking forward to bringing up a family in their comfortable Sarajevo home.• The sad fact is that on an average classroom teacher’s salary it is impossible to bring up a family in London.• How the quite respectable people who lived under these conditions managed to bring up families, I shall never know.• My grandfather had died early, so she was used to bringing up a family on her own.• We have found it to be the ideal way of combining pursuit of a career in medicine with bringing up a family.the cat/parrot/squirrel etc family• Most people opt for the furry friendliness of the cat family.• These markings are found on many of the cat family and are used for signalling their intentions and mood to others.Origin family (1400-1500) familia “people living in a house”, from famulus “servant”