"extended family" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extended families [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} extended family (plural extended families)
  1. A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc. Wikipedia link: extended family Categories (topical): Collectives, Family Synonyms: whanau [New-Zealand] Related terms: alloparenting (english: ethology) Coordinate_terms: immediate family, joint family, nuclear family Translations (family with additional members): 大家庭 (dàjiātíng) (Chinese Mandarin), suku (Finnish), संयुक्त परिवार (sãyukt parivār) (Hindi), teaghlach sínte [masculine] (Irish), whānau (Maori), rodzina rozszerzona [feminine] (Polish), familie extinsă [feminine] (Romanian), parientes lejanos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), פֿאַרצווײַגטע משפּחה (fartsvaygte mishpokhe) [feminine] (Yiddish), mọ̀lẹ́bí (Yoruba)

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      "sense": "family with additional members",
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