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