famille

Inherited from Middle French famille, borrowed from Latin familia.

• IPA^(key): /fa.mij/

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• Rhymes: -ij

famille f (plural familles)

1. family (group of related people)
2. (biology) family

• Haitian Creole: fanmi
• → Luxembourgish: Famill
• Iranian Persian: فامیل (fâmil)

• Etymology and history of “famille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• “famille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

famille f (plural familles)

1. (Guernsey) alternative form of fomille