Family words in Polish
Words for family members and other relatives in Polish, a Western Slavic
language spoken in mainly Poland, and also in Lithuania and Belarus and
a number of other countries.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, frm = formal/polite, inf = informal
| |
Polish (Polski) |
| family |
rodzina |
| parents |
rodzice |
| father |
ojciec (frm)
tata/tato (inf) |
| mother |
matka (frm)
mama (inf) |
| children |
dzieci |
| son |
syn |
| daughter |
córka |
| husband |
mąż
małżonek |
| wife |
żona
małżonka |
| brother |
brat |
| sister |
siostra |
| uncle |
wujek |
| aunt |
ciotka |
| cousin |
kuzyn (m)
kuzynka (f) |
| nephew |
bratanek (brother's son)
siostrzeniec (sister's son) |
| niece |
bratanica (brother's daughter)
siostrzenica (sister's daughter) |
| grandparents |
dziadkowie |
| grandfather |
dziadek |
| grandmother |
babka (frm)
babcia (inf) |
| grandchildren |
wnukowie
wnuczęta |
| grandson |
wnuk |
| granddaughter |
wnuczka |
| great grandfather |
pradziadek |
| great grandmother |
prababka |
| father-in-law |
teść |
| mother-in-law |
teściowa |
| brother-in-law |
szwagier |
| sister-in-law |
bratowa (brother's wife)
szwagierka |
Notes
- The standard term for uncle in modern Polish is wujek. The term wuj used to be used as a formal term for mother's brother (wujek is an diminutive). Stryj or stryjek was used for father's brother, and pociot for father's sister's husband or mother's sister's husband.
- In modern Polish ciotka is aunt. This used to mean father's sister or mother's sister. Wujenka was used for mother's brothers wife, and stryjenka was used for father's brothers wife
- Old words for cousin were: brat stryjeczny (father's brother's son), siostra stryjeczna (father's brother's daughter), brat wujeczny (mother's brother's son), siostra wujeczna (mother's brother's daughter), brat cioteczny (parent's sister's son), siostra cioteczna (parent's sister's daughter).
- Szwagierka can mean husband's sister, wife's sister, husband's brother's wife or wife's brother's wife. Bratowa only means brother's wife.
Corrections and notes provided by Grzegorz Jagodziński
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Family words in Slavic languages
Belarusian,
Bulgarian,
Croatian,
Czech,
Macedonian,
Polish,
Russian,
Serbian,
Slovak,
Slovenian,
Ukrainian
Family words in other languages
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