Words for family members and other relatives in Esperanto.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, pl = plural
| Esperanto | |
|---|---|
| family | la familio |
| parents | la gepatroj |
| father | la patro, paĉjo |
| mother | la patrino, panjo |
| children | la infanoj |
| son | la filo |
| daughter | la filino |
| husband | la edzo |
| wife | la edzino |
| brother | la frato |
| sister | la fratino |
| uncle | la onklo |
| aunt | la onklino |
| cousin | la kuzo (m), la kuzino (f), la gekuzoj (pl) |
| nephews & nieces | la genevoj |
| nephew | la nevo |
| niece | la nevino |
| grandparents | la geavoj |
| grandfather | la avo |
| grandmother | la avino |
| grandchildren | la genepoj |
| grandson | la nepo |
| granddaughter | la nepino |
| great grandparents | la prageavoj |
| great grandfather | la praavo |
| great grandmother | la praavino |
| great grandchildren | la pragenepoj |
| great grandson | la pranepo |
| great granddaughter | la pranepino |
| great uncle | praonklo |
| great aunt | praonklino |
| parents-in-law | la bogepatroj |
| father-in-law | la bopatro |
| mother-in-law | la bopatrino |
| brother-in-law | la bofrato |
| sister-in-law | la bofratino |
| son-in-law | la bofilo |
| daughter-in-law | la bofilino |
Esperanto family words provided by Utho Maier, with corrections by Robin van der Vliet.
Family words in Esperanto
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Esperanto/Family
http://polymath.org/esperanto_family.php
https://esperanto.lingolia.com/en/vocabulary/syllables-for-word-formation/family-members
https://bertilow.com/pmeg/aldonoj/parencoj_familianoj.html
Esperanto, Laala, Lingua Franca Nova, Neolatin, Volapük
Family words in other languages
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