familio

Esperanto

familio konsistas el patro, patrino kaj infano

Etymology

Borrowed from German Familie, French famille, Italian famiglia, English family, ultimately from Latin familia. First attested in 1887.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /famiˈlio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: fa‧mi‧li‧o

Noun

familio (accusative singular familion, plural familioj, accusative plural familiojn)

2. family (a group of parents and children)
   • 1907, Henri Vallienne, “chapter 1”, in Kastelo de Prelongo:

     Mi deziregis revidi mian familion kaj miajn amikojn.

     I really wanted to see my family and friends again.

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:

     En malsata familio mankas harmonio.

     Harmony is not found in a hungry family.

   • 2025 November 12, Thomas Bormann, “La nekredebla viv-historio de Dany Dattel”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 December 2025:

     En 1943 la nazia polico forportis la familion Dattel el Berlino.

     In 1943, the Nazi police took the Dattel family away from Berlin.

Derived terms

adjectives

• familia (“familial”)

nouns

• familiano (“family member”)
• familiestro (“head of household”)

Further reading

Monolingual dictionaries

• “familio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “familio”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Grosjean, Émile (1980), “familio”, in Plena Vortaro de Esperanto‎^[2], →OL, page 121
• Bein, Kazimierz (1922), “familio”, in Vortaro de Esperanto‎^[3], →OL, page 43
• Eichholz, Rüdiger (1988), “familio”, in Esperanta Bildvortaro, →ISBN, page 92, lines 1-4
• Benson, William (1932), “famili-o”, in Universala Esperanto-Metodo‎^[4], →OL, page 301

Multilingual dictionaries

• Wells, John C. (1992), “ancestry, household, kin, lineage, ménage, paterfamilias”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[5], →ISBN, pages 173, 276, 291, 297, 305, 327
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “ménage”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[6], →ISBN, page 325
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “famili-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[7], →OL, page 122

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto familio, English family, French famille, German Familie, Italian famiglia, Spanish familia..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈmili̯o/

Noun

familio (plural familii)

1. family

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈmilio]

Noun

familio f

1. vocative singular of familie