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extended family en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.
    • Angaran females typically give birth to several young who require support and supervision, resulting in large extended families that become accustomed to living and working together. 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: Biology Codex entry:
    • The old men nap on couches, waiting for dessert. It’s the extended family in all its tangled, loving, exhausting glory. 2020 February 10, David Brooks, “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

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extended families Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

immediate family · joint family · nuclear family

Relateds

alloparenting

Synonyms

whanau

Translations (17)

es parientes lejanos (family with additional members) · ga teaghlach sínte (family with additional members) · mi whānau (family with additional members) · pl rodzina rozszerzona (family with additional members) · yi פֿאַרצווײַגטע משפּחה (family with additional members) · ko 대가족 (family with additional members) · ja 拡大家族 (family with additional members) · de Großfamilie (family with additional members) · de Verwandtschaft (family with additional members) · hi संयुक्त परिवार (family with additional members) · fr famille étendue (family with additional members) · ro familie extinsă (family with additional members) · yo mọ̀lẹ́bí (family with additional members) · cmn 大家庭 (family with additional members) · mh bwij (family with additional members) · fi suku (family with additional members) · vi gia đình mở rộng (family with additional members)