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1 family
['fæməli]plural - families; noun1) ((singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children: These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; ( also adjective) a family holiday.) οικογένεια,οικογενειακός2) (a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc: He comes from a wealthy family; ( also adjective) the family home.) οικογένεια3) (the children of a man and his wife: When I get married I should like a large family.) οικογένεια4) (a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way: In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.) οικογένεια•- family tree -
2 one-parent family
noun ((also single parent family) a family with only a mother or a father to look after the children) μονογονεϊκή οικογένεια -
3 addition
1) (the act of adding: The child is not good at addition.) πρόσθεση2) (something added: They've had an addition to the family.) προσθήκη -
4 arms
1) (weapons: Does the police force carry arms?) όπλα2) (a design etc which is used as the symbol of the town, family etc (see also coat of arms).) θυρεός -
5 bereavement
noun The family has suffered two bereavements recently.) πένθος -
6 blackbird
noun (a dark-coloured bird of the thrush family.) κοτσύφι -
7 breadwinner
noun (a person who earns money to keep a family: When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.) στήριγμα της οικογένειας, κουβαλητής -
8 catfish
noun (any of a family of scaleless fish with long feelers round the mouth.) γατόψαρο -
9 clipping
noun (a thing clipped off or out of something, especially a newspaper: She collects clippings about the royal family.) απόκομμα -
10 commitment
noun (obligation: She could not take the job because of family commitments.) δέσμευση, υποχρέωση -
11 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) μόσχευμα2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) απόκομμα3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) εκχωμάτωση -
12 earnings
noun plural (money etc earned: His earnings are not sufficient to support his family.) κέρδη,αποδοχές,απολαβές -
13 folks
noun plural (one's family: My folks all live nearby.) οικογένεια,δικοί -
14 gathering
noun (a meeting of people: a family gathering.) συγκέντρωση, σύναξη -
15 generation
1) (one stage in the descent of a family: All three generations - children, parents and grandparents - lived together quite happily.) γενιά2) (people born at about the same time: People of my generation all think the same way about this.) γενιά -
16 hyacinth
(a plant, a member of the lily family, growing from a bulb and having a sweet-smelling flower.) ζουμπούλι -
17 jaguar
(a South American beast of prey of the cat family, resembling the leopard.) ιαγουάρος -
18 magpie
(a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects.) κίσσα,καρακάξα -
19 matriarch
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20 origins
noun plural (a person's place of birth, family background etc: He tried to hide his origins.) καταγωγή
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