famille
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of famille
C19: literally: family
Example Sentences
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“There are other kids, too, but the other ones are teenagers. We are what we call in French famille recomposée — it means a family where you have kids from different families.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Daily walks, meals, lighting a fire every evening and listening to Erik Larson’s “The Splendid and the Vile,” his gripping account of Churchill et famille during the London Blitz — these have become my staples.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
Don’t give your already-loud relatives a reason to argue about why you should make an exception for them by explaining your husband-to-be feels overwhelmed by them en famille.
From Slate ● May 10, 2017
“It’s only the second time I’ve ever left the baby,” says Winslet, who typically travels en famille and plans her films around school schedules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2015
Mademoiselle Jeliagin wrote me asking, if I were not engaged, to dine en famille at her mother's.
From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip
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