"family" meaning in English

See family in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ [UK], /ˈfæm(ə)li/ [US], /ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ Audio: en-us-family.ogg [US], en-uk-family.ogg [UK] Forms: family [singular], families [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|family|families}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation.
    Sense id: simple-family-en-noun-BqkLdVue
  2. A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language.
    Sense id: simple-family-en-noun-3ibcYPrF
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "family",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "families",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "family",
        "2": "families"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "fa‧mi‧ly; fam‧ily",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My parents and my two brothers are my family."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation."
      ],
      "id": "simple-family-en-noun-BqkLdVue"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Indo-European language family is a family of languages spoken by 3 billion people."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language."
      ],
      "id": "simple-family-en-noun-3ibcYPrF"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæm(ɪ)li/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæm(ə)li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-family.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-family.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "family"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "family",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "families",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "family",
        "2": "families"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "fa‧mi‧ly; fam‧ily",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My parents and my two brothers are my family."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Indo-European language family is a family of languages spoken by 3 billion people."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæm(ɪ)li/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæm(ə)li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-family.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-family.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "family"
}

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