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
A: That’s not necessarily a selfish reaction, although it is possible that your different visions for how much time you’ll spend with Nina en famille will ultimately prove incompatible.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2021
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
The Quebecois love doing things all together, en famille – and in that spirit there is Moving Day: 1 July, when the majority of residential leases both begin and end.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2018
To invent some combination by which the famille Roque should take itself off.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry
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