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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

membre de la famille

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mãbrə də la famij

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Family member/ˈfæm.əl.i ˈmɛm.bər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1450 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Chaque membre de la famille a participé à la fête."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who belongs to the same family by birth, marriage, or adoption.

    "Every family member gathered for the annual holiday reunion."
  2. 2

    An individual closely associated with a group or organization akin to a family.

    "Our loyal pet is considered a true family member."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'family', derived from the Latin 'familia' (meaning household, servants, or kin), and 'member', from the Latin 'membrum' (a limb or part of a body). Together, the phrase evolved in Middle English and early modern usage to designate an individual belonging to a particular domestic household or lineage group.

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