familie

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia (“family, household”), from famulus (“servant, slave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /familjə/, [faˈmilˀjə], [fɑˈmilˀjə]

Noun

familie c (singular definite familien, plural indefinite familier)

1. family (father, mother and their sons and daughters)
2. family (group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom)
3. family (kin, tribe)
4. (taxonomy) family (rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species; taxon at this rank)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑˈmi.li/

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Noun

familie f (plural families)

1. family (close kin)

   Synonym: gezin

2. relatives (extended kin)
3. (taxonomy) family

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia, via German Familie.

Noun

familie m (definite singular familien, indefinite plural familier, definite plural familiene)

1. a family (father, mother and their sons and daughters)
2. (biology) family (a principal taxonomic category)

References

• “familie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia, via German Familie.

Noun

familie m (definite singular familien, indefinite plural familiar, definite plural familiane)

1. a family (father, mother and their sons and daughters)
2. (biology) family (a principal taxonomic category)

References

• “familie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

familie c (plural families)

1. family

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia. Compare the inherited doublet femeie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈmi.li.e]

Noun

familie f (plural familii)

1. family