immediate family

English

Noun

immediate family (plural immediate families)

1. A family unit consisting of a parent or parents and their children.

Coordinate terms

• nuclear family, extended family, family

Translations

family unit consisting of parents and their children

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直系親屬／直系亲属 (zh) (zhíxì qīnshǔ)

• Dutch: gezin (nl) n
• Finnish: perhe (fi), perusperhe, lähiomaiset pl
• French: foyer (fr) m
• Irish: an neasteaghlach m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: familie apropiată f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: gia đình (vi)

Further reading

• immediate family on Wikipedia.Wikipedia