"macrofamily" meaning in All languages combined

See macrofamily on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: macrofamilies [plural]
Etymology: macro- + family Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|macro|family}} macro- + family Head templates: {{en-noun}} macrofamily (plural macrofamilies)
  1. (linguistics) A grouping of two or more language families that share some relationship Wikipedia link: macrofamily Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-macrofamily-en-noun-Jii9uQqK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with macro- Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (6c02f21 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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