famille
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)
Word Origin for famille
C19: literally: family
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Examples from the Web for famille
Historical Examples of famille
We have noted the green family, "famille verte," of Kang-he.
Chats on Oriental ChinaJ. F. Blacker
In the last reign we considered, but only shortly, this "famille rose."
Chats on Oriental ChinaJ. F. Blacker
This glaze could be fairly described as late "famille verte."
Chats on Oriental ChinaJ. F. Blacker
To invent some combination by which the famille Roque should take itself off.
Lady BarbarinaHenry James
Mackenzie, though the paternity of his famille déplorable of novels was no secret, preserved a strict nominal incognito.
The English NovelGeorge Saintsbury