family

famille

Personnes liées entre elles par la naissance ou le mariage.

En anglais simple : People who are related to each other through birth or marriage.

• My family lives nearby.
• All our cousins came to the family reunion.
• Do you have family in this town?

Synonymes : relatives, kin

Expressions courantes : extended family, family member, family reunion

famille nucléaire

Une mère et un père mariés qui vivent ensemble avec leurs enfants.

En anglais simple : A married mother and father living together with their children.

• Our family has four members.
• The family moved when their youngest child started school.
• Both parents work to support their family.

Synonymes : nuclear family

Expressions courantes : nuclear family, family home, family of four

famille linguistique

Groupe de langues issues d’une même langue ancienne.

En anglais simple : A group of languages that developed from the same earlier language.

• English belongs to the Germanic language family.
• These languages come from the same family.
• Linguists studied several branches of the language family.

Comment l'utiliser : a family of languages (These belong to a family of languages spoken across Asia.)

Expressions courantes : language family, family of languages

famille

Groupe de plantes ou d’animaux apparentés, situé sous l’ordre et au-dessus du genre dans la classification.

En anglais simple : A group of related plants or animals, smaller than an order and larger than a genus.

• Lions belong to the cat family.
• This plant is in the rose family.
• The biologist compared species from two different families.

Comment l'utiliser : belong to the … family (Lions belong to the cat family.)

Synonymes : familia

Expressions courantes : rose family, cat family, family of plants

familial

Qui convient aux enfants comme aux adultes.

En anglais simple : Suitable for both children and adults.

• We watched a family film.
• This hotel offers family entertainment every evening.
• They opened a family restaurant near the park.

Synonymes : family-friendly

Expressions courantes : family film, family restaurant, family entertainment

gay, homosexuel

Dans certaines communautés gays, se dit d’une autre personne homosexuelle.

En anglais simple : Used within some gay communities to describe another gay person.

• I think he is family.
• She quietly asked whether I was family.
• They recognized each other as family at the club.

Synonymes : gay

Expressions courantes : be family, also family