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фами́лия — meaning in English

familiya

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English meaning

  • cognomen noun A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  • family noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  • surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

фами́лия is used for these senses in English:

  • cognomen (historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  • family A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
  • surname The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

cognomen — full definition

  1. noun A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  2. noun Synonym of nickname, any epithet used similar to the Roman cognomina.
  3. noun Synonym of surname, a family name.

family — full definition

  1. noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  2. noun A group of related things classified together, such as a category in biology or a set of related languages.
  3. adjective Suitable for both children and adults.

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