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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

subfamily en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English family English subfamily From sub- + family.

Meanings

  1. A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.
  2. A secondary or subordinate grouping.
    • There is a handy font editor tool in the engine, where you can import your font and create family and subfamily for your font (for example, the same font can have a family for its bold, italic, light, and dark style as its subfamily). 2015, Nicola Valcasara, Unreal Engine Game Development Blueprints, page 142:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
subfamilies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

intersubfamily

Translations (31)

vo donafamül (taxonomic category) · cmn 亞科 /亚科 (taxonomic category) · de Subfamilie (taxonomic category) · tl kub-angkanhay (taxonomic category) · af onderfamilie (taxonomic category) · nds Ünnerfamilie (taxonomic category) · te ఉపకుటుంబము (taxonomic category) · de Unterfamilie (taxonomic category) · br iskerentiad (taxonomic category) · ms subfamili (taxonomic category) · id upakeluarga (taxonomic category) · pt subfamília (taxonomic category) · ca subfamília (taxonomic category) · vo subfamilia (taxonomic category) · ru подсеме́йство (taxonomic category) · nl subfamilie (taxonomic category) · fr sous-famille (taxonomic category) · ms subkeluarga (taxonomic category) · cy is-deulu (taxonomic category) · nl onderfamilie (taxonomic category) · es subfamilia (taxonomic category) · cs podčeleď (taxonomic category) · it sottofamiglia (taxonomic category) · id upafamili (taxonomic category) · ro sub-familie (taxonomic category) · fi alaheimo (taxonomic category) · sv underfamilj (taxonomic category) · da underfamilie (taxonomic category) · af subfamilie (taxonomic category) · pl podrodzina (taxonomic category) · el υποοικογένεια (taxonomic category)