Phrase guide

family member

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: familielid — person belonging to a family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家庭成員 /家庭成员 (jiātíng chéngyuán) — person belonging to a family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家屬 /家属 (jiāshǔ) — person belonging to a family
  • Danish: familiemedlem — person belonging to a family
  • Danish: slægtning — person belonging to a family
  • Dutch: gezinslid — person belonging to a family
  • Dutch: familielid — person belonging to a family
  • Esperanto: familiano — person belonging to a family
  • Finnish: perheenjäsen — person belonging to a family
  • Finnish: sukulainen — person belonging to a family
  • Finnish: lähisukulainen — person belonging to a family
  • French: parent — person belonging to a family
  • Galician: familiar — person belonging to a family
  • German: Familienmitglied — person belonging to a family
  • Hungarian: családtag — person belonging to a family
  • Hungarian: hozzátartozó — person belonging to a family
  • Ido: familiano — person belonging to a family
  • Indonesian: anggota rumah tangga — person belonging to a family
  • Japanese: 家族の一員 — person belonging to a family
  • Lithuanian: šeimos narys — person belonging to a family
  • Malayalam: കുടുംബാംഗം (kuṭumbāṅgaṁ) — person belonging to a family
  • Marathi: कुटुंबीय (kuṭumbīy) — person belonging to a family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: familiemedlem — person belonging to a family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: familiemedlem — person belonging to a family
  • Polish: członek rodziny — person belonging to a family
  • Polish: członkini rodziny — person belonging to a family
  • Portuguese: membro da família — person belonging to a family
  • Portuguese: parente — person belonging to a family
  • Portuguese: familiar — person belonging to a family
  • Russian: член семьи́ (člen semʹí) — person belonging to a family
  • Sinhalese: පවුල් සාමාජික (pawul sāmājika) — person belonging to a family
  • Spanish: pariente — person belonging to a family
  • Swahili: mwanafamilia — person belonging to a family
  • Swedish: familjemedlem — person belonging to a family
  • Turkish: aile ferdi — person belonging to a family
  • Turkish: aile üyesi — person belonging to a family
  • Vietnamese: thành viên gia đình — person belonging to a family