famille

/ French (famij) /

noun

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)

Nearby words

familiarize, familiarly, familism, familist, familists, famille, family, family allowance, family and medical leave act of 1993, family balancing, family bible

Word Origin for famille

C19: literally: family

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Examples from the Web for famille

The famille Roque talks of leaving me and Madame Cheurche nous fait la réverénce.
Lady Barbarina|Henry James
This glaze could be fairly described as late "famille verte."
Chats on Oriental China|J. F. Blacker
I am hungry; mais il fait beau temps; I dance—my famille starves—I sing—toujours gai—the sun shines—tal lal la!
The Surrender of Calais|George Colman
Famille, tellement nombreuse, qu'un seul de ses genres a huit cents espces.
A Year in a Lancashire Garden|Henry Arthur Bright

A pair of powder-blue teapots relieved with panels decorated with flowers in "famille verte."
Chats on Oriental China|J. F. Blacker