noun

families

families

Many families live in this area.

Many families live in this area.

We support families in need.

We support families in need.

((number)) families a number of family units Many families live in this area.

Synonyms: households, relatives, kin, clans

Plural of 'family', from Latin 'familia' (household). In English, for words ending in a consonant + y, the plural is formed by changing y to ies.

Remember the pluralisation rule: consonant + 'y' changes to '-ies'. For example, baby -> babies, city -> cities.

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