the word family translated in as many languages as possible

terry haggin · Post by **terry haggin** » 29 Sep 2005 12:22

help: i am looking to have the english word : family : translated into as many languages as possible.

thanks,

terry

iubito · Post by **iubito** » 29 Sep 2005 13:22

French : famille
Polish : familia, rodzina
Romani (Gypsy language) : familja or familya
Romanian : familie
Spanish : familia

(I think this thread will be moved to forum "in all languages")

grzespelc · Post by **grzespelc** » 29 Sep 2005 13:58

iubito wrote: Polish : familia, rodzina

"familia" is used very rarely, and I think one should avoid it.

GERMAN: die Familie

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » 29 Sep 2005 13:59

family has already been given in quite a few languages here (though it was not asked for in the first post of that topic)
-- Olivier

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 29 Sep 2005 14:11

In Basque : familia / sendi

In Hebrew : מִשְׁפָּחָה [mishpah'a]

In Yiddish : פֿאַמיליע [familye] / משפּחה [mishpokhe]

In Arabic : أُسْرَة [usra] / عائِلَة [â'ila]

In Vietnamese : gia đình

In Czech : rodina

Egyptian hieroglyphs :

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 29 Sep 2005 14:57

Portugais: família
Suédois: familj
Danois & Norvegien: familie
Finnois: perhe
Grec: οικογένεια [ikoyénya]

didine · Post by **didine** » 29 Sep 2005 15:19

iubito wrote:Polish : familia, rodzina

Forget "familia".

didine · Post by **didine** » 29 Sep 2005 15:20

Please refer to the link given by Olivier. Additional translations should be posted there.