Vocabulaire pour IELTS (De Base) - Famille et Relations

one's brother or sister

frère ou sœur, sœur

a male or female partner in a marriage

époux, épouse

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

adolescence

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

bambin

a relationship formed between people or groups based on mutual experiences, ideas, feelings, etc.

lien

the state of being a father to a child or children

paternité

the relationship between two or more brothers

fraternité

the state of being a mother to a child or children

maternité

the state of being a child

enfance

a retired person who gets an amount of money each month, called pension, usually from the government

pensionnaire, retraité

the manner in which a child is raised, including the care, guidance, and teaching provided by parents or guardians

éducation, élevage

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

connaissance

an instance of serious opposition between ideas, values, or interests

conflit

someone who is the mother of a person's wife or husband

belle-mère

someone who is the father of a person's wife or husband

beau-père

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

beau-frère

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

belle-sœur

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent

adopter

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

ancêtre

to officially cancel a marriage

annuler

the end of a relationship or an association

rupture, échec

(of a group of people) having a strong friendly relationship with shared interests

très uni

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

descendant

the legal right to keep a thing or to take care of a person

garde

a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not any other relatives

famille nucléaire

a large family group consisting of parents and children that might also include grandparents, aunts, or uncles

famille élargie

a family in which the parents live with the children from their own relationship along with the children from previous ones

famille recomposée

a group of people belonging to a particular age group or time period partaking in a certain activity

génération

someone who takes responsibility and raises someone else's child in Christian faith

parrain, marraine

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

hériter

the relationship between the members of a family

parenté

a child whose parents have died

orphelin

someone who is married to either one of our parents but is not our real parent

beau-père, belle-mère

a woman who has undergone a divorce, indicating that she was previously married but is now legally separated from her spouse

divorcée