famille

Definitions of famille
  1. noun
    a person related by blood or marriage
    synonyms: parent
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    viere Marie
    the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
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    ancêtre
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
    cousin
    the child of your aunt or uncle
    descendant
    a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
    belle famille, parent par alliance
    a relative by marriage
    parent
    one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
    parent
    a person having kinship with another or others
    parent
    a male relative
    parente
    a female relative
    descendance, lignée, progéniture
    the immediate descendants of a person
    petit cousin, petite cousine
    a child of a first cousin
    frère, soeur
    a person's brother or sister
    épouse, époux
    a person's partner in marriage
    ancêtre
    a woman ancestor
    tante
    the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
    bébé
    the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
    bâtard, enfant bâtard
    the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
    beau-frère
    a brother by marriage
    enfant
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
    belle-fille
    the wife of your son
    beau-père
    the father of your spouse
    fille
    a person's sister
    ancêtre, aîeul
    a person from whom you are descended
    ancêtre, père
    the founder of a family
    ancêtre, ancêtres
    an ancestor in the direct line
    petit-fils, petite-fille
    a child of your son or daughter
    sang-mêlé
    one of siblings who have only one parent in common
    mari, époux
    a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
    fils
    a sibling who is male
    belle-mère
    the mother of your spouse
    neveu
    a son of your brother or sister
    jeune marié
    someone recently married
    nièce
    a daughter of your brother or sister
    quadruplé
    one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    quintuplé
    one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    descendant, descendante
    a descendent or heir
    belle-soeur
    the sister of your spouse
    gendre
    the husband of your daughter
    héritier
    a person who inherits some title or office
    triplé
    one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    jumeau
    either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    oncle
    the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
    femme, épouse
    a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
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    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  2. noun
    primary social group; parents and children
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    couple
    a pair of people who live together
    couple, ménage
    two people who are married to each other
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    clan
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  3. noun
    (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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    bactéries, famille des bactéries
    a family of bacteria
    famille des poissons, poissons
    any of various families of fish
    famille des oiseaux, oiseaux
    a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    amphibiens, famille des amphibiens
    any family of amphibians
    famille des reptilliens, reptilien
    a family of reptiles
    anthropoïdes, famille des anthropoïdes
    any of the arthropods
    famille des mammifères, mammifères
    a family of mammals
    famille des vers
    a family of worms
    famille des mollusques, mollusques
    a family of mollusks
    famille des mousses
    a family of mosses
    famille des champignons
    includes lichen families
    famille des plantes
    a family of plants
    famille des fougères
    families of ferns and fern allies
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    groupe taxonomique
    animal or plant group having natural relations
  4. noun
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
    synonyms: catégorie, classe
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    catégorie grammaticale
    (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
    cas grammatical
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
    catégorie grammaticale
    one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
    nombre
    the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
    personne
    a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
    temps
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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    accumulation, amoncellement
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  5. noun
    people descended from a common ancestor
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    parents
    members of a family line
    habitation
    aristocratic family line
    dynastie
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    nom
    family based on male descent
    dynastie, royauté
    royal persons collectively
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    descendance, origine
    the descendants of one individual
  6. noun
    members of a family line
    synonyms: parents
  7. noun
    group of people related by blood or marriage
    synonyms: clan
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    arbre généalogique, généalogie
    successive generations of kin
    couple
    a pair of people who live together
    couple, ménage
    two people who are married to each other
    descendance, origine
    the descendants of one individual
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    groupe social
    people sharing some social relation
  8. noun
    a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
  9. noun
    a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
  10. noun
    a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
    synonyms: catégorie
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    espèce, forme, genre, sorte, variété
    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    espèce, sorte
    sort or variety
    forme, genre
    a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
    inverse
    an opposite or contrasting type
    forme artistique
    (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
    style
    a particular kind (as to appearance)
    arôme, goût
    (physics) the six kinds of quarks
    variété, variétés
    a specific kind of something
    genre
    a general kind of something
    genre
    a recognizable kind
    genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
    genre, type
    a kind of person
    modèle
    a type of product
    semblable
    a similar kind
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    concept, notion
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  11. noun
    a social unit living together
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    famille adoptive
    a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)
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    unité
    an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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