Family words in Esperanto

Words for family members and other relatives in Esperanto.

Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, pl = plural

	Esperanto
family	la familio
parents	la gepatroj
father	la patro, paĉjo
mother	la patrino, panjo
children	la infanoj
son	la filo
daughter	la filino
husband	la edzo
wife	la edzino
brother	la frato
sister	la fratino
uncle	la onklo
aunt	la onklino
cousin	la kuzo (m), la kuzino (f), la gekuzoj (pl)
nephews & nieces	la genevoj
nephew	la nevo
niece	la nevino
grandparents	la geavoj
grandfather	la avo
grandmother	la avino
grandchildren	la genepoj
grandson	la nepo
granddaughter	la nepino
great grandparents	la prageavoj
great grandfather	la praavo
great grandmother	la praavino
great grandchildren	la pragenepoj
great grandson	la pranepo
great granddaughter	la pranepino
great uncle	praonklo
great aunt	praonklino
parents-in-law	la bogepatroj
father-in-law	la bopatro
mother-in-law	la bopatrino
brother-in-law	la bofrato
sister-in-law	la bofratino
son-in-law	la bofilo
daughter-in-law	la bofilino

Esperanto family words provided by Utho Maier, with corrections by Robin van der Vliet.

Links

Family words in Esperanto
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Esperanto/Family
http://polymath.org/esperanto_family.php
https://esperanto.lingolia.com/en/vocabulary/syllables-for-word-formation/family-members
https://bertilow.com/pmeg/aldonoj/parencoj_familianoj.html

Family words in Constructed languages

Esperanto, Laala, Volapük

Family words in other languages

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