| TERMINOLOGY for FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS |
Italian |
English definitions |
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| Family Group |
| padre / madre | father / mother |
| genitore / genitrice | father / mother |
| vecchia | mother |
muffa
(vn) muffare | mother |
| (vn) spessire | mother |
| padre ignoto / madre ignota | father / mother unknown, or hidden |
| figlio / figlia | son / daughter |
| genito | son |
| fratello / fratella | brother / sister |
| germano / germana | full, true or real brother / sister |
Germano
{when capitalized = a different meaning} | German, of Germany |
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| Extended Family |
| zio / zia | uncle / aunt |
| cugino / cugina | cousin |
| fratello cugino | ?first cousin? |
| nonno / nonna | grandfather / grandmother |
| avolo / avola | grandfather / grandmother |
| vecchia (sometimes) | grandmother |
| bisavolo / bisavola {tres = 3rd = gg} | great grandfather / great grandmother |
| bisnonno / bisnonna {tres = 3rd = gg} | great grandfather / great grandmother |
| una nomma | great grandmother |
| pitone | grandchild |
| nipote | grandson / grandaughter |
| por-nipote | great grandson or great grandaughter |
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| suocero, patrigno | father-in-law |
| suocera | mother-in-law |
| cognato / cognata | brother-in-law / sister-in-law |
[not to be confused with
the Latin -cognitio] | [known (to this person)] |
| genero | son-in-law |
| nuora | daughter-in-law |
| figliastra (sometimes) | daughter-in-law |
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| Family Group: special relationships |
| foster father / foster mother | balio / balia
(balia also means wet nurse) |
| fosterage | implego di balia |
| foster brother / foster sister | fratello dilatte / fratella dilatte |
| foster child | allievo |
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| { fullna madre per lui } | { she has been like a mother to him } |
| patrigno / matrigno | step father / step mother |
| fratello uterino / fratella uterina | half-brother / half-sister |
| figliatro / figliastra | step son / step daughter |
| fratellastro / fratellasta | step brother / step sister |
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| Marriage |
| marito | husband, married to, to marry |
moglie
Latin- uxor, coniux | wife |
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| Kinship |
| parentado | parentage, kindred,
relations (of that) extraction |
| parente | kin, a relative |
| example of use: |
in parente | in a family |
| parentale | paternal; of a father |
| parenteia | relationship, affinity,
consanguinity (of the same blood) |
| parentesco | parental, paternal |
| parentevole | like a parent |
| parente quaranta | a kin, a relation who is forty years old |
| rompere un parente | to break off a marriage or a match |
| unparente lontano | distant relative |
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| Acquaintances |
| conoscente {conoscenti is plural} | known; acquaintance |
| Latin- cognitio | known (to this person) |
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| Miscellaneous Terms |
| gemello (singular), gemini (plural) | twin / twins |
| zitello / zitella | boy, lad / girl, maid, spinster |
| padre ignoto / madre ignota | father / mother unknown, or hidden |
| orphan | orfano |
| motherless | senza madre |
| foundling | fanciullo, esposa trovatello |
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