Family words in Greek

Words for family members and other relatives in Greek (ελληνικά), a Hellenic language spoken mainly in Greece and Cyprus.

	Greek
family	οικογένεια (oikogéneia)
parents	γονείς (goneís)
father	πατέρας (patéras)
mother	μητέρα (mitéra) μαμά (mamá)
children	παιδιά (paidiá)
son	γιός (giós)
daughter	κόρη (kóri)
husband	άντρας (ántras)
wife	γυναίκα (gynaíka)
brother	αδελφός (adelfós)
elder brother	τον μεγαλύτερο αδελφό (ton megalýtero adelfó)
younger brother	νεώτερος αδελφός (neóteros adelfós)
sister	αδελφή (adelfí)
elder sister	παλαιότερη αδελφή (palaióteri adelfí)
younger sister	νεώτερη αδελφή (neóteri adelfí)
uncle	θείος (theíos)
aunt	θεία (theía)
cousin (male)	ξάδερφος (xáderfos) ξάδελφος (xádelfos)
cousin (female)	ξαδέρφη (xadérfi) ξαδέλφη (xadélfi)
nephews & nieces	ανίψι (anípsi)
nephew	ανιψιός (anipsiós)
niece	ανηψιά (anipsiá)
grandparents	παππούς και γιαγιά (pappoús kai giagiá)
grandfather	παππούς (pappoús)
grandfather (paternal)	Ο πατρικός παππούς (O patrikós pappoús)
grandfather (maternal)	Ο παππούς της μητέρας (O pappoús tis mitéras)
grandmother (paternal)	πατρική γιαγιά (patrikí giagiá)
grandmother (maternal)	γιαγιά (giagiá)
grandchildren	εγγονια (engonia)
grandson	εγγονός (engonós)
granddaughter	εγγονή (engoní)
father-in-law	πεθερός (petherós)
mother-in-law	πεθερά (petherá)
brother-in-law	κουνιάδος (kouniádos)
sister-in-law	κουνιάδα (kouniáda)

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Links

Family words in Greek
http://www.languages.net/greek/vocabulary/family/
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Greek/Vocab_Family

Family words in other languages

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