familie

Definitions of familie
  1. noun
    primary social group; parents and children
    synonyms: gezin, huisgezin, huishouden, huishouding
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    types:
    echtelieden, echtpaar
    two people who are married to each other
    type of:
    clan
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  2. noun
    a social unit living together
    synonyms: gezin, huisgezin, huishouden, huishouding
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    types:
    grootfamilie
    a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
    pleeggezin
    a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)
    type of:
    eenheid, unit, zelfstandigheid
    an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
  3. noun
    a person having kinship with another or others
    synonyms: bloedverwant, familielid, geslacht, huis, maag, maagschap, naverwant, stam, verwant
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    type of:
    bloedverwant, familielid, maag, nabestaande, nabestaanden, naverwant, verwant
    a person related by blood or marriage
  4. noun
    people descended from a common ancestor
    synonyms: geslacht, huis, maagschap, stam
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    types:
    oudelui, ouders, ouwelui
    members of a family line
    dynastie, koningshuis, stamhuis, vorstengeslacht, vorstenhuis
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    dynastie, koningshuis, royalty, vorstengeslacht, vorstenhuis
    royal persons collectively
    type of:
    afkomst, afstamming, ascendentie, bloed, descendentie, geboorte, komaf
    the descendants of one individual
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