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La famille

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Les parents The parents
Le père The father
La mère The mother
Le frère The brother
La soeur The sister
Le fils The son
La fille The daughter
Le grand-père The grandfather
La grand-mère The grandmother
L’arrière grand-père The great-grandfather
L’arrière grand-mère The great-grandmother
Le petit-fils The grandson
La petite-fille The granddaughter
La tante The aunt
L’oncle The uncle
La nièce The niece
Le neveu The nephew
La cousine (feminine) The cousin
Le cousin (masculine) The cousin
La belle-soeur The sister-in-law
Le beau-frère The brother-in-law
La belle-fille The daughter-in-law/stepdaughter
Le beau-fils The son-in-law/stepson
La belle-mère The mother-in-law/stepmother
Le beau-père The father-in-law/stepfather
Les beaux-parents The in-laws
Le demi-frère The half-brother/stepbrother
La demi-soeur The half-sister/stepsister
La marraine The godmother
Le parrain The godfather
Le filleul Godson
La filleule Goddaughter

Notes

In the spoken language, we use “papa” to address our father and “maman” to address our mother. Other words are possible like “papounet” or “mamounette.”

“Papi” or “papy” is used to address our grandfather and “mamie” or “mamy” to address our grandmother. Other words are possible like “pépé/mémé” or “pépère/mémère.”

“Tonton” is used to address our uncles and “tata” or “tatie” to address our aunties.

“Marraine” is used to address our godmother and “parrain” to address our godfather.

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