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Meaning of ģimene | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2 Common
[ˈɟimɛnɛ]

Definitions

  1. family (group formed by a couple and their children (if any) living together; larger group of relatives living together)
    declension-5, feminine
  2. locative singular of ģimene
    feminine, form-of, locative, singular
  3. a group of female animals descended from one breeder
    declension-5, feminine
  4. family (a group of animals consisting of a male, a female and their offspring, living and eating together)
    declension-5, feminine

Equivalents

English family

Examples

“daudzbērnu ģimene”

large (lit. many-children) family

“strādnieku ģimene”

worker's family

“zemnieku ģimene”

peasant family

“mazas ģimenes”

small families

“saskanīga ģimenes dzīve”

harmonious family life

“ģimenes stāvoklis”

marital status (lit. family state)

“ģimenes budžets”

family budget

“ģimenes galva”

head of the family (= the family's breadwinner)

“ģimenes māja”

family house

“ģimenes cilvēks”

married (lit. family) person, (usually a man)

“ģimenes tiesības”

family law (legislation concerning marriage, kinship, adoption, etc.)

“mūsu ģimene ir liela: tētis, māmiņa un septiņi bērni”

our family is big: father, mother and seven children

“A. Upīts romānā “Jauni Avoti”, tēlojot konfliktus starp Robežnieku ģimenes locekļiem, atspoguļo tam laikam raksturīgos konfliktus patriarhālās ģimenes iziruma apstākļos”

A. Upīts depicting in (his) novel “New Sources” the conflicts between the members of the Robežnieks family also portrayed the conflicts, typical of those times, in the process of disintegration of the patriarchal family

“šodien pārrunā sevišķi aktuālas tēmas: aminoskābju palielināšana cūkgaļā, līniju un ģimeņu analīzes un citas svarīgas problemas”

today (they) discussed especially current issues: the increase of aminoacids in pork, the analysis of lines (= lineages) and families, and other important problems

“stārķu ģimene”

stork family, family of storks

“mežacūku ģimene”

wild boar family, family of wild boars

“tas, ko parasti uzskata par vilku baru, īstenībā ir viena vilku ģimene: veco vilku pāris un viņu šā gada un pērnie vilcēni, kas ziemas sākumā sanāk kopā”

that which one usually considers a pack of wolves is actually a family of wolves: an old wolf couple and their wolflings of this year and of the previous year, who get together at the beginning of winter

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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