"famille" meaning in French

See famille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fa.mij/ Audio: Fr-famille.ogg Forms: familles [plural]
Rhymes: -ij Etymology: Inherited from Middle French famille, borrowed from Latin familia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|famille|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French famille, {{inh+|fr|frm|famille}} Inherited from Middle French famille, {{bor|fr|la|familia}} Latin familia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} famille f (plural familles)
  1. family (group of related people) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-famille-fr-noun-gyTnjdL2
  2. (biology) family Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-famille-fr-noun-00pWmreq Categories (other): Biology, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Taxonomy Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Taxonomy: 5 95 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "air de famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "attendre famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bijoux de famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chef de famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "de bonne famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "des familles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "famille d’accueil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "famille recomposée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nom de famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "père de famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sous-famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "travail, famille, patrie"
    }
  ],
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          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: fanmi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Famill",
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        }
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    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: فامیل (fâmil)",
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        }
      ],
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    }
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        "sort": "",
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "fr:Biology",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
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        },
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          "_dis": "28 72",
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          "_dis": "18 82",
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          "_dis": "5 95",
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      ],
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      ],
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        "natural-sciences"
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "famille"
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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
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    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
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    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
    {
      "word": "attendre famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "bijoux de famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "chef de famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "de bonne famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "des familles"
    },
    {
      "word": "famille d’accueil"
    },
    {
      "word": "famille recomposée"
    },
    {
      "word": "nom de famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "père de famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "sous-famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "travail, famille, patrie"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Famill",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luxembourgish: Famill"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French famille",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "feminine"
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      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ij"
    }
  ],
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}

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