mishpocha

[prettygoodword]

mishpocha (mish-PAW-cha) - n., the extended family by blood and marriage; clan.


Can also include close friends. Also spelled mishpachah, since there isn't a unified system of transliterating from Yiddish, for Yiddish this is from -- and before that Hebrew mišpāḥā. The canonical example usage is "She invited the whole mispocha."

---L.

Comments

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

A very important word! I also recommend machetunim, which is such a useful term for in-laws and the broader kin-by-marriage group.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Ah -- what I'd be part of. That could indeed be useful.

---L.