Words for family members and other relatives in Breton, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Brittany in the the northwest of France.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female
Breton (Brezhoneg) | |
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family | tiegezh |
parents | tud / karant |
father | tad |
mother | mamm |
children | bugale |
son | mab |
daughter | merc'h |
husband | gwaz |
wife | gwreg |
brother | breur |
sister | c'hoar |
uncle | eontr |
aunt | moereb |
cousin | kenderv (m) keniterv (f) |
nephew | niz |
niece | nizez |
grandparents | tudoù-kozh |
grandfather | tad-kozh sira-wynn |
grandmother | mamm-gozh |
grandchildren | mibion |
grandson | mab-bihan |
granddaughter | merc'h vihan |
grand nephew | gou(r)ni |
grand niece | gou(r)nizez |
great grandfather | tad-kuñv / gourdad-kozh |
great grandmother | mamm-guñv / gourvamm |
great uncle | goureontr |
great aunt | gourvoereb |
father-in-law | tud-kaer |
mother-in-law | vamm-gaer |
brother-in-law | breur-kaer |
sister-in-law | c'hoar-gaer |
Breton, Cornish, Welsh, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic
Family words in other languages
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