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famille

/ French (famij) /
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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)
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Word Origin for famille

C19: literally: family
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