family
adjective/ˈfæməli/
[only before noun]Слово англійською: family
Переклад family українською: сім'я
Детальний опис
- connected with the family or a particular family
- family life
- The job was starting to affect his family life.
- your family background
- Only close family members called her ‘Sally’.
- a family friend (= a friend of the whole family)
- family ties/connections
- It's a family tradition.
- She has become interested in her family history.
- He has a family history of heart disease.
- owned by a family
- They had to sell the family home.
- a family business
- the family car
- She had to sell the family jewels in order to pay off her gambling debts.
- suitable for all members of a family, both adults and children
- a family show
- family entertainment
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3); also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.