"nuclear family" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nuclear families [plural]
Etymology: nuclear + family Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nuclear|family|}} nuclear + family Head templates: {{en-noun}} nuclear family (plural nuclear families)
  1. A family unit consisting of two parents (traditionally a mother and a father) and their children. Categories (topical): Collectives, Family Coordinate_terms: extended family, immediate family, joint family, stem family Translations (a family unit consisting of a father, mother and children): gesin (Afrikaans), 核心家庭 (héxīn jiātíng) (Chinese Mandarin), kernefamilie [common-gender] (Danish), kerngezin [neuter] (Dutch), ydinperhe (Finnish), famille nucléaire [feminine] (French), Kernfamilie [feminine] (German), परिवार (parivār) [feminine] (Hindi), kjarnafjölskylda [feminine] (Icelandic), keluarga inti (Indonesian), keluarga batih (Indonesian), 核家族 (Japanese), 핵가족 (haekgajok) (Korean), kjernefamilie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjernefamilie [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rodzina nuklearna [feminine] (Polish), família nuclear [feminine] (Portuguese), familie nucleară [feminine] (Romanian), нуклеа́рная семья́ (nukleárnaja semʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), familia nuclear [feminine] (Spanish), kärnfamilj [common-gender] (Swedish), çekirdek aile (Turkish), خاندان [feminine] (Urdu), gia đình hạt nhân (Vietnamese), teulu cnewyllol [masculine] (Welsh)

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