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family noun

  /ˈfæm(ə)li/ , /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ , /ˈfæmɪli/ , /ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/
  • (countable) A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
  • (countable, music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
 gezin, familie
  • (countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
  • (countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
  • (countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
 familie, gezin

familial adjective

  /fəˈmɪljəl/
  • Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
 familie
language family
taalfamilie
family tree
stamboom
family member
familielid, gezinslid
family law
familierecht
immediate family
gezin
nuclear family
kerngezin
family planning
gezinsplanning
family man
huisvader
foster family
pleeggezin
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