(treated as sing. or pl)
a group of related people living together; esp a group comprising one set of parents, or a single parent, and their children
somebody's children
a group of people related by common ancestry, descent, or marriage
a group of related languages descended from a single ancestral language
a group of people united by their common convictions, e.g. of religion or philosophy; a fellowship or brotherhood
in biology, a category in the classification of organisms ranking above genus and below order
a closely related group
(used before a noun) of or suitable for a family or all of its members
family entertainment
in the family way
informal pregnant
[Middle English familie from Latin familia household (including servants as well as kin of the householder), from famulus servant]