en famille
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French en famille (literally “in family”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
en famille (not comparable)
- with one's family, or as a family
- informally
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 199:
- Then be careful how you accept invitations. To a large dinner, or an evening party, you may go with pleasure and safety indiscriminately, be the party of what side it may; but a breakfast or dinner, en famille, with those whom hereafter you will know as political opponents, may embarrass you exceedingly.
- at home