en famille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French en famille (literally “in family”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒ̃ faˈmiː/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑn fɑˈmi/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Adverb

en famille (not comparable)

  1. with one's family, or as a family
  2. informally
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 199:
      Then be careful how you accept invitations. To a large dinner, or an evening party, you may go with pleasure and safety indiscriminately, be the party of what side it may; but a breakfast or dinner, en famille, with those whom hereafter you will know as political opponents, may embarrass you exceedingly.
  3. at home

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃ fa.mij/

Prepositional phrase

en famille

  1. with one's family; as a family
    des vacances en famille ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    un dîner en famille ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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