Word.ws English Dictionary

subfamily in Malay

subkeluarga

subfamily in Malay: subkeluarga, subfamili. In English, subfamily means a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.

Malay words for subfamily

taxonomic category
subkeluarga, subfamili

English meaning of subfamily

  1. noun A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.
  2. noun A secondary or subordinate grouping.

Full definition of subfamily

subfamily in other languages

Questions about subfamily in Malay

What is the meaning of subfamily in Malay?
Subfamily in Malay is subkeluarga, subfamili.
Apakah maksud subfamily dalam bahasa Melayu?
Subfamily: subkeluarga, subfamili.
What does subfamily mean in English?
Subfamily means a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: subfamily (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-subfamily.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subfamily.wav.

Cite this page: “subfamily meaning in Malay.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/malay/subfamily. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.