famille

British  

/ famij /

noun

1. a type of Chinese porcelain characterized either by a design on a background of yellow ( famille jaune ) or black ( famille noire ) or by a design in which the predominant colour is pink ( famille rose ) or green ( famille verte )

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Etymology

Origin of famille

C19: literally: family

Example Sentences

“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

Him: “Yes, well, she says flippant things a lot, so we’ve decided en famille that she just gets to do that indefinitely.”

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2018

J’ai une pensée pour sa famille, ses proches et ses millions de fans qui l'adorent.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2017

“Excusez-moi, Tata Ndu, mais non. Ça, c’est de compte à demi de la famille Price. La grande bête Ià, c’est la mienne.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver