MISHPOCHA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)

Example:

she invited the whole mishpocha

Synonyms:

mishpachah; mishpocha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("mishpocha" is a kind of...):

clan; kin; kin group; kindred; kinship group; tribe (group of people related by blood or marriage)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)