Translation
family
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Word origin
From Latin familia ('household, the people of a household'), from famulus ('servant').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- familia
- English cognates
- family, familiar, familial
Grammar
Examples
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His family gets together every year in summer at the holiday house.
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She started a family at thirty with her husband.
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The whole family took part in preparing the Christmas meal.
Marseille.
His family comes from a small town near Marseille.
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Family values remain important for many French people.
est un nom féminin désignant l'unité familiale au sens large. En famille (as a family, with the family) est une locution adverbiale très courante. Fonder une famille (to start a family) et élever une famille (to raise a family) décrivent les étapes de la vie familiale.
De famille qualifie ce qui appartient à la tradition ou au patrimoine familial : une recette de famille, un secret de famille. Famille nombreuse (large family) bénéfice d'avantages fiscaux en France à partir de trois enfants. Nom de famille (family name, surname) est le terme officiel. Les liens du sang et liens de famille (family ties) expriment la solidarité familiale.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 1: famille, air, entre and 7 more words.