Words for family members and other relatives in Hungarian.
Hungarian (magyar) | |
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family | család |
parent | szülő |
father | apa |
mother | anya |
child | gyerek, gyermek |
son (boy) | fiú |
daughter (girl) | lány |
spouse | házastárs |
husband | férj |
wife | feleség |
siblings | testvér |
brother | fivér (rare) báty (elder) öcs (younger) |
sister | lánytestvér (rare) nővér (elder) húg (younger) |
uncle | nagybácsi |
uncle's wife | ángy |
aunt | nagynéni |
cousin | unokatestvér |
nephew | unokabáty (elder) unokaöcs (younger) |
niece | unokanovér (elder) unokahúg (younger) |
grandparent | nagyszülő |
grandfather | nagyapa, nagypapa |
grandmother | nagyanya, nagymama |
grandchild | unoka |
great grandparent | dédszülő |
great grandfather | dédapa, dédpapa |
great grandmother | dédanya, dédmama |
great grandchild | dédunoka |
great-great-grandparent | ükszülő |
great-great-grandchild | szépunoka |
great uncle | dédnagybácsi |
great aunt | dédnagynéni |
father-in-law | após, ipa (archaic) |
mother-in-law | anyós, napa (archaic) |
brother-in-law | sógor |
sister-in-law | sógornő |
son-in-law | vej |
daughter-in-law | meny |
child's parents-in-law | nászszülő |
child's father-in-law | nász, nászúr |
child's mother-in-law | nászasszony |
ancestors | ősök |
progeny | utód, leszármazott |
stepmother | mostohaanya |
stepchild | mostohagyermek |
foster father | nevelőapa |
foster mother | nevelőanya |
adopted child | fogadott gyermek |
Fiú means both son and boy, but there's a distinction in the possessive case. Fiúm means my boy (boyfriend), but fiam means my son. However, for girls, there is only one form: lányom means my daughter. My girlfriend should be called by different words.
Siblings and cousins are mostly called with both gender and age difference: "my younger niece" and not just "my niece".
Other cousins are created by adding másod-, harmad-, negyed- (i.e. second, third, fourth) before unokatestvér, unokabáty etc., like these:
List compiled by Láng Attila D
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