familia

See also: Familia, família, famìlia, and familią

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin familia.

Noun

familia

1. (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below ordo and above genus.
2. (taxonomy) A taxon at this rank.

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin familia (“family”). Doublet of family.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈmɪlɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophone: familiar (some non-rhotic accents)

Noun

familia (plural familiae)

1. (historical) A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
   • 2007, Ada I. Engebrigtsen, Exploring Gypsiness, page 117:

     Joska's elder brother Phuro was, however, seen as the leader of his familia. As one of the oldest males in the hamlet, with a familia that consisted of sons, bora and sons-in-law, Phuro's position as head of his familia was given by his age and by his authority as father.

2. (Roman law) The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household.

Aragonese

Aragonese Wikipedia has an article on:

familia

Wikipedia ^an

Etymology

From Latin familia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈmilja/
• Syllabification: fa‧mi‧lia
• Rhymes: -ilja

Noun

familia f (plural familias)

1. family

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

familia

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈmilja/ [faˈmi.lja]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: fa‧mi‧lia

Noun

familia f (plural families)

1. family

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish familia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /familia/ [fa.mi.li.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧li‧a

Noun

familia anim

1. family, lineage

   Synonym: sendi

Declension

Declension of familia (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	familia	familia	familiak
ergative	familiak	familiak	familiek
dative	familiari	familiari	familiei
genitive	familiaren	familiaren	familien
comitative	familiarekin	familiarekin	familiekin
causative	familiarengatik	familiarengatik	familiengatik
benefactive	familiarentzat	familiarentzat	familientzat
instrumental	familiaz	familiaz	familiez
inessive	familiarengan	familiarengan	familiengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	familiarengana	familiarengana	familiengana
terminative	familiarenganaino	familiarenganaino	familienganaino
directive	familiarenganantz	familiarenganantz	familienganantz
destinative	familiarenganako	familiarenganako	familienganako
ablative	familiarengandik	familiarengandik	familiengandik
partitive	familiarik	—	—
prolative	familiatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• familia-harrera
• familia-liburu
• familia-mediku
• familiaburu
• familiarte (“relative”)
• familiarteko
• familiatu

Further reading

• “familia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “familia”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish familia

Noun

familia

1. family

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish familia.

Noun

familia

1. family

Esperanto

Etymology

From familio (“family”) +‎ -a (suffix indicating an adjective).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /famiˈlia/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧li‧a

Adjective

familia (accusative singular familian, plural familiaj, accusative plural familiajn)

1. familial; family (attributively)

Galician

Alternative forms

• família (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin familia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈmilja/ [faˈmi.ljɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧lia

Noun

familia f (plural familias)

1. family

Further reading

• “familia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Indonesian

Noun

familia (plural familia-familia)

1. family

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фамилия (familija).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑmiliɑ/, [ˈfɑmiˌlʲiɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑmilʲiɑ/, [ˈfɑmiˌlʲiɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation: fa‧mi‧li‧a

Noun

familia

1. synonym of sukunimi

Declension

Declension of familia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	familia	familiat
genitive	familian	familioin
partitive	familiaa	familioja
illative	familiaa	familioi
inessive	familias	familiois
elative	familiast	familioist
allative	familialle	familioille
adessive	familial	familioil
ablative	familialt	familioilt
translative	familiaks	familioiks
essive	familianna, familiaan	familioinna, familioin
exessive1)	familiant	familioint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈmi.lja/

Noun

familia (plural familias)

1. family

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin familia.

Noun

familia f (plural families)

1. family