Familly vs. Family

Familly

Familly is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.

Familynoun

(countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

Familynoun

(countable) An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

Familynoun

(countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

Familynoun

A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

Familynoun

(countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

Familynoun

A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.

Familynoun

A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.

Familynoun

Used attributively.

Familyadjective

Suitable for children and adults.

Familyadjective

Conservative, traditional.

Familyadjective

(slang) Homosexual.

Familynoun

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

Familynoun

The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

Familynoun

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Familynoun

Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Familynoun

Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

Familynoun

A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.

Familynoun

A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In Zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

Familynoun

a social unit living together;

Familynoun

primary social group; parents and children;

Familynoun

people descended from a common ancestor;

Familynoun

a collection of things sharing a common attribute;

Familynoun

an association of people who share common beliefs or activities;

Familynoun

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;

Familynoun

a person having kinship with another or others;

Familynoun

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Family

In human society, family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of families is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society.