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family noun

  /ˈfæ.m(ə.)li/ , /ˈfæ.m(ɪ.)li/ , /ˈfæ.mɪ.li/ , /ˈfɛ.m(ɘ.)li/
  • A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
 perhe, heimo
  • (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
 heimo, perhe
  • A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
 suku, perhe-, suku-, perhe
  • (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 -soittimet
  • (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 kielikunta, kieliperhe, kieliryhmä
  • (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
  • (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
  • 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.
 perhe-, suku-

family adjective

  /ˈfæ.m(ə.)li/ , /ˈfæ.m(ɪ.)li/ , /ˈfæ.mɪ.li/ , /ˈfɛ.m(ɘ.)li/
  • (gay slang) Homosexual.
 fägäri, homppeli
  • Suitable for children and adults.
 perhe-

familial adjective

  /fəˈmɪljəl/
  • Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
 perhe
language family
kielikunta
extended family
suku
family member
sukulainen, lähisukulainen, perheenjäsen
royal family
kuningasperhe
family tree
sukupuu
nuclear family
ydinperhe
family planning
perhesuunnittelu
family business
perheyritys
family jewels
perhekalleudet
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