Family words in Italian

Words for family members and other relatives in Italian (italiano).

Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female

	Italian
family	la famiglia
parents	i genitori
father	il padre papà
mother	la madre mamma
children	i figli
son	il figlio
daughter	la figlia
husband	il marito lo sposo
wife	la moglie la sposa
brother	il fratello
sister	la sorella
uncle	lo zio
aunt	la zia
cousin	il cugino (m) la cugina (f)
nephews & nieces	i nipoti
nephew	il nipote
niece	la nipote
grandparents	i nonni
grandfather	il nonno
grandmother	la nonna
grandchildren	i nipoti
grandson	il nipote
granddaughter	la nipote
great grandfather	il bisnonno
great grandmother	la bisnonna
great uncle	il prozio
great aunt	la prozia
father-in-law	il suocero
mother-in-law	la suocera
brother-in-law	il cognato
sister-in-law	la cognata

Hear Italian family words:

A recording of the Italian family words by Riccardo Cristiani

Links

Romance Languages Vocabulary Lists: Family & Pets
http://www.ielanguages.com/romance_family.html

Family words in Romance languages

Italian, French, Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Romanian

Family words in other languages

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