how to pronounce family

/ˈfæm.əl.i/

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family is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of family in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… were 11 of us in my family so 11 of us …”

meaning of family

Family is a group of people related by blood or marriage.

family frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word family occurs in english on average 344.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.