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fam'ly

fam'ly is the pronunciation spelling of family.

Meaning of family

Adjective

family (not comparable)

  1. Suitable for children and adults.
    • It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
  2. (slang) Homosexual.
    • I knew he was family when I first met him.

See all 15 meanings of family

Forms of fam'ly

pluralfam'lies

Questions about fam'ly

What is fam'ly the pronunciation spelling of?
Fam'ly is the pronunciation spelling of family.

Words near fam'ly in the dictionary

  1. fam bams
  2. fam flight
  3. fam trip
  4. fam trips
  5. fam'lies
  6. fam'ly
  7. fam-bam
  8. fam-bams
  9. Fam.
  10. Fama
  11. fama clamosa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fam'ly (page history and authors); family (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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