Phrase guide

family tree

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: genealogy

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noun

Meaning 2

The totality of someone's ancestors and offspring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective

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noun

Meaning 3

A model or diagram showing the relationships and evolution of specified languages over time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning 4

A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

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noun

Meaning 5

A data structure that organizes resources or machines in a distributed system, consisting of nodes connected by edges, in which each node may also contain a subnode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

successive generations of kin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genealogy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

Narrower terms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

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Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَجَرَة النَّسَب — family tree
  • Armenian: տոհմածառ (tohmacaṙ) — family tree
  • Azerbaijani: şəcərə — family tree
  • Bashkir: шәжәрә (şəjərə) — family tree
  • Bulgarian: родословно дърво (rodoslovno dǎrvo) — family tree
  • Catalan: arbre genealògic — family tree
  • Chagatai: شجره (šjrh) — family tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家譜 /家谱 (jiāpǔ) — family tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 譜系圖 /谱系图 (pǔxìtú) — family tree
  • Czech: rodokmen — family tree
  • Danish: stamtavle — family tree
  • Danish: anetavle — family tree
  • Danish: slægtstræ — family tree
  • Dutch: stamboom — family tree
  • Finnish: sukupuu — family tree
  • French: arbre généalogique — family tree
  • Galician: árbore xenealóxica — family tree
  • German: Stammbaum — family tree
  • Greek: γενεαλογικό δέντρο (genealogikó déntro) — family tree
  • Greek: οικογενειακό δέντρο (oikogeneiakó déntro) — family tree
  • Hebrew: אִילַן יוּחֲסִין (ilán yuḥasín) — family tree
  • Hindi: वंशावली (vañśāvlī) — family tree
  • Hungarian: családfa — family tree
  • Icelandic: niðjatal — family tree
  • Indonesian: silsilah — family tree
  • Irish: craobh ghinealaigh — family tree
  • Italian: albero genealogico — family tree
  • Japanese: 家系図 (kakeizu) — family tree
  • Kazakh: шежіре (şejıre) — family tree
  • Latin: stemma — family tree
  • Lithuanian: giminės medis — family tree
  • Luxembourgish: Stammbam — family tree
  • Malay: pokok keluarga — family tree
  • Malay: pohon keluarga — family tree
  • Norman: arbre dé fanmil'ye — family tree
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stamtre — family tree
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stamtre — family tree
  • Persian: دودمانه (dudmâne) — family tree
  • Persian: شجره — family tree
  • Polish: drzewo genealogiczne — family tree
  • Portuguese: árvore genealógica — family tree
  • Romanian: arbore genealogic — family tree
  • Russian: генеалоги́ческое де́рево (genealogíčeskoje dérevo) — family tree
  • Scottish Gaelic: craobh-shloinntearachd — family tree
  • Spanish: árbol genealógico — family tree
  • Swedish: släktträd — family tree
  • Swedish: härstamning — family tree
  • Turkish: soyağacı — family tree
  • Turkish: şecere — family tree
  • Ottoman Turkish: شجره — family tree
  • Urdu: شجرہ — family tree
  • Uzbek: shajara — family tree
  • Vietnamese: gia phổ — family tree
  • Vietnamese: gia phả — family tree
  • Vietnamese: phả đồ — family tree
  • Vietnamese: cây phả hệ — family tree
  • Vietnamese: cây gia hệ — family tree
  • Vietnamese: sơ đồ gia hệ — family tree
  • Welsh: achres — family tree