Family

 For conversation about family the following words need to know!


Adult: A person who has finished growing and is no longer a child. (noun)

Adopt: To legally take someone else’s child to become your own child. (verb)

Aunt: The sister of your father or your  mother, or the wife of your uncle. (noun)

Baby: A very young child who is not yet able to speak or walk. (noun)

Bachelor: A man who has never been married. (noun)

Bachelorette/ Spinster: A woman who has never been married. (noun)

Boy: A male child or a young male person. (noun)

Brother: A boy or man who has the same parents as you. (noun)

Born: To come out of your mother’s body and to start to exist. (verb)

Birth: The time when a baby comes out of its mother’s body. (noun)

Birthday: The day each year which is the same date as the one on which you were born. (noun)

Bride: A woman on her wedding day. (noun)

Bridegroom: A man on his wedding day. (noun)

Bring up: To look after a child and teach him or her how to behave, etc. (verb)

Child (plural: children): A young person who is below the age of puberty or below the legal age of maturity. (noun)

Couple: Two people who are married or having a romantic relationship. (noun)

Cousin: The child of your uncle or aunt. (noun)

Daddy: A child’s word for a father (also dad). (noun)

Daughter: Someone’s female child. (noun)

Daughter-in-law: The wife of your son/child. (noun)

Delivery: The process of giving birth. (noun)

Descendant: Someone who is related by blood to a person who lived a long time ago. (noun)

Divorce: To legally end a marriage. (verb)

Divorced: To be no longer married to your wife or husband. (adjective)

Elder: To be born first. (adjective)

Engagement: An agreement between two people to marry in the near future. (noun)

Engaged: Having agreed to marry somebody. (adjective)

Family: A group of people who are related by blood or marriage. (noun)

Family tree: A drawing that shows the names of all family members over generations and how they are related to each other. (noun)

Father: A male parent. (noun)

Father-in-law: The father of your husband or wife. (noun)

Female: Relating to women or girls. (adjective)

Fiancé: The man to whom a woman is engaged. (noun)

Fiancée: The woman to whom a man is engaged. (noun)

Foster:  To take care of someone else’s child for a period of time but without becoming the legal guardian of the child. (verb)

Girl: A female child or a young female person. (noun)

Give birth: To produce a baby from your body. (verb)

Godchild: A child who has godparents. (noun)

Goddaughter: A female godchild. (noun)

Godfather: A man who is responsible to teach a child Christian moral and religious values. (noun)

Godmother: A woman who is responsible to teach a child Christian moral and religious values. (noun)

Godparents: People who are responsible to teach a child Christian moral and religious values. (noun)

Godson: A male godchild. (noun)

Grandchild: The child of your son or daughter. (noun)

Granddaughter: A female grandchild. (noun)

Grandfather: The father of your mother or father (same as grandpa). (noun)

Grandpa: The father of your mother or father (same as grandfather). (noun)

Grandmother: The mother of your mother or father (same as grandma). (noun)

Grandma: The mother of your mother or father (same as grandmother). (noun)

Grandson: A male grandchild. (noun)

Great-grandparent: The mother or father of your grandparent. (noun)

Half-brother: A brother who is the son of either your mother or your father. (noun)

Husband: The man that a woman is married to. (noun)

Labor: The process of childbirth from the start of contractions to delivery. (noun)

Late: No longer alive, to be dead. (adjective)

Male: Relating to men or boys. (adjective)

Man: An adult male person. (noun)

Marry: To become somebody’s husband, wife or life partner. (verb)

Marriage: The legal relationship between two people who are married. (noun)

Married: Having a husband, wife or life partner. (adjective)

Mother: A female parent. (noun)

Mother-in-law: The mother of your husband or wife. (noun)

Mummy: A child’s word for a mother (also mum) (noun)

Nephew: The son of your brother or sister, your husband’s brother or sister, and your wife’s brother or sister. (noun)

Niece: The daughter of your brother or sister, your husband’s brother or sister, and your wife’s brother or sister. (noun)

Old: Having lived for a very long time. (adjective)

Parent: The father or mother of a person. (noun)

Parents-in-law: The parents of your husband or wife. (noun)

Relative: A person connected to you by blood or marriage. (noun)

Raise: To care for and educate a child until adulthood. (verb)

Sister: A girl or woman who has the same parents as you. (noun)

Sibling: A brother or sister of the same parents. (noun)

Son: Someone’s male child. (noun)

Son-in-law: The husband of your daughter/child. (noun)

Spouse: Your husband or wife. (noun)

Stepbrother: The son of your stepparent or the person who is married to your parent. (noun)

Stepfather: The man who is married to your mother but is not your father. (noun)

Stepmother: The woman who is married to your father but is not your mother. (noun)

Stepsister: The daughter of your stepparent or the person who is married to your parent. (noun)

Twin: One of two children who are born to the same mother at the same time. (noun)

Uncle: The brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt. (noun)

Wed: To marry. (verb)

Wedding: A marriage ceremony. (noun)

Widow: A woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. (noun)

Widower: A man whose wife has died and who has not married again. (noun)

Wife: The woman that a man is married to. (noun)

Woman: An adult female person. (noun)

Young: Having lived for only a short time; not fully developed. (adjective)

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