cousin

fr-noun

cousin m (plural cousins, feminine cousine)

→ Turkish: kuzen

Inherited from Middle French cousin, from Old French cosin (“collateral male relative more distant than one’s brother; form of address used by a monarch to male monarchs or nobles”) [and other forms] , from Latin cōnsōbrīnus (“maternal cousin; first cousin; relation”) (possibly through Vulgar Latin *cōsuīnus, from *cōsōbīnus), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + sobrīnus (“maternal cousin; sister’s son; any nephew”) (from a noun use of Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of or belonging to a sister”, adjective) (with the first syllable influenced by Latin soror (“sister”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”), possibly from *swé (“self”) + *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”) (that is, a woman of one’s own blood) or *-sōr (feminine suffix)).

inh

Mon cousin et son fils sont venus me voir.


beau

Inherited from Middle French beau, from Old French biau, bel, from Latin bellus.


papa

From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.

onomatopoeic

repetitive

pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance


fils

Inherited from Old French fils, fiz, fil, from Latin filius (“son”). Cognate to Spanish hijo, Portuguese filho, , Italian figlio and Romanian fiu, among others.
Final -s regularly became mute before consonants in late Old French but was then still pronounced in pausa. In the 18th century, these pausal forms widely fell out of use; they remained, however, as variants in a small number of words (cf. tous, ours). By the 20th century, the regular pronunciation /fi/ had become archaic or dialectal.

Jr. (postnominal designator indicating a son with the same name as the father)

darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved)


fiancé

fr-adj

fiancé (feminine fiancée, masculine plural fiancés, feminine plural fiancées)

fiancée (feminine)
fiancés (masculine plural)
fiancées (feminine plural)


frère

Haitian Creole: frè

Inherited from Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

(informal) bro, a male comrade or friend


pelo

(slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend


père

→ Dutch: pere

→ English: père

Inherited from Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Sr. (senior) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)


mec

From mac, a shortening of maquereau (“pimp”), from Dutch makelaar (“broker”).

Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?

Hé mec ! Mec, comment t’épelles Paris ?

1984, “Paris”, performed by Taxi Girl (sung by Daniel Darc):


mari

Louisiana Creole: mari

Inherited from Old French mari, from Latin marītus.


duc

→ Arabic: دُوق (dūq)

→ English: duc

→ Persian: دوک (duk)

→ Turkish: dük

Inherited from Middle French duc, from Old French duc, borrowed from Latin ducem (“duke, commander”), from dūcere (“to lead”).


gigolo

→ Persian: ژیگولو (žigulu)


époux

Inherited from Old French espos, espus, from Latin spōnsus, whose meaning was "promised, engaged"; displaced in that sense by fiancé.


neveu

→ Danish: nevø

→ Norwegian Bokmål: nevø

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: nevø

→ Swedish: nevö

Inherited from Old French neveu, from Latin nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.


oncle

desctree

→ German: Onkel
→ Danish: onkel
→ Latvian: onkulis

→ Dutch: nonkel

→ Esperanto: onklo

→ Ido: onklo

→ Norwegian Bokmål: onkel

→ Norwegian:

Bokmål: onkel

Nynorsk: onkel

→ Yiddish: אָנקל (onkl)

Inherited from Middle French oncle, from Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus.

Mon père et mon oncle sont jumeaux.

si ma tante en avait, on l’appellerait mon oncle


grand-père

Inherited from Middle French grand père, grant pere, grant père.


gentilhomme

fr-noun

gentilhomme m (plural gentilshommes, feminine gentillefemme)

gentilshommes (plural)
gentillefemme (feminine)


beau-père

Inherited from Middle French beau pere, beaupere, beau-père, biau pere. By surface analysis, beau- + père.

a stepfather, stepdad, the present husband of the mother of a child from a previous marriage


papi

From papa, analogically with mamie.
Compare German Papi.

(by extension, informal, derogatory) old man, gramps


beau-fils

→ Franco-Provençal: biô-fely

Inherited from Middle French beau filz. By surface analysis, beau- + fils.

a stepson, a son of the present spouse of its remarried parent


tennisman

tennisman m (plural tennismen or tennismans, feminine tenniswoman)

tennismen (plural)
tennismans (plural)
tenniswoman (feminine)

Pseudo-anglicism, from tennis + English man.


arrière-petit-fils

arrière-petit-fils m (plural arrière-petits-fils)


petit-fils

Inherited from Middle French petit fils, petit filz.


gendre

From Old French gendre, inherited from Latin gener.


beau-frère

beau-frère m (plural beaux-frères, feminine belle-sœur)

beaux-frères (plural)
belle-sœur (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French beau frere, beau-frere, beaufrere, beau-frère, beauffrère, biau frere. By surface analysis, beau- + frère.

brother-in-law (brother of one's husband)

brother-in-law (husband of one's sister)

brother-in-law (husband of one's brother)


parrain

parrain m (plural parrains, feminine marraine)

Inherited from Old French parrain, parrein, parrin, from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus (“godfather”), from Latin pater (“father”).

inh

(religion) godfather; masculine of marraine


demi-frère

fr-noun

demi-frère m (plural demi-frères, feminine demi-sœur)

demi-frères (plural)
demi-sœur (feminine)


frangin

frangin m (plural frangins, feminine frangine)

Uncertain, possibly diminutive of frère.


grand-oncle

/ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɔ̃kl/


filleul

filleul m (plural filleuls, feminine filleule)

Inherited from Old French fillol, filiol, from Latin fīliolus (“young son”) (compare glaïeul, tilleul), from fīlius.


compère

→ Belizean Creole: kompeh

→ English: compere, compère

→ Greek: κομπέρ (kompér)

Inherited from Middle French comper, from Old French comper, conper, from Late Latin compatrem (“godfather”), from Latin com- + pater.

Coordinate term: commère

(obsolete) the godfather of one's child or the father of one's godchild


arrière-grand-père

arrière-grand-père m (plural arrière-grand-pères)

/a.ʁjɛʁ.ɡʁɑ̃.pɛʁ/

great-grandfather (father of grandparent)


pépère

Reduplication of père. Compare Danish, Swedish, Norwegian farfar (“[paternal] grandfather”).

cog

(childish) affectionate name for a male, such as honey, sweetie, baby (etc.)


mari complaisant

fr-noun

mari complaisant m (plural maris complaisants)

→ English: mari complaisant

mari complaisant
mari complaisant#English


prud'homme

prud’homme m (plural prud’hommes, feminine prud’femme)

prud’homme (canonical masculine)
prud’hommes (plural)
prud’femme (feminine)

English: prud'homme

From Middle French preudomme, from Old French prodome, preudomme. By surface analysis, preux + d’ + homme.

prud'homme (male member of employment tribunal)


frérot

frérot m (plural frérots, feminine sœurette)


parâtre

parâtre m (plural parâtres, feminine marâtre)

From Old French parastre, from Latin patrastrum.

(dated) stepfather (especially an evil one)


frère de lait

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cousin germain

cousin germain m (plural cousins germains, feminine cousine germaine)

cousins germains (plural)
cousine germaine (feminine)


trisaïeul

trisaïeul m (plural trisaïeux or trisaïeuls, feminine trisaïeule)

trisaïeux (plural)
trisaïeuls (plural)
trisaïeule (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French trisayeul, tritayeul. By surface analysis, tri- + aïeul (“grandfather”).


bisaïeul

fr-noun

bisaïeul m (plural bisaïeux or bisaïeuls, feminine bisaïeule)

bisaïeux (plural)
bisaïeuls (plural)
bisaïeule (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French besael, besaieul, besayel, besayeul, bisayeul, bysayeul. By surface analysis, bis- + aïeul (“grandfather”).


père de famille

fr-noun

père de famille m (plural pères de famille)

de bon père de famille

en bon père de famille

in a prudent, mature and reasonable manner; responsibly, with due diligence


mâle alpha

Coordinate term: mâle bêta

(seduction community, figuratively) alpha male (dominant, assertive, protective, oftentimes successful, leadership-type man or male)


masculiniste

From masculin + -iste, as opposed to féministe.


masculiniste

masculiniste m or f by sense (plural masculinistes)


quadrisaïeul

quadrisaïeul m (plural quadrisaïeux or quadrisaïeuls, feminine quadrisaïeule)

quadrisaïeux (plural)
quadrisaïeuls (plural)
quadrisaïeule (feminine)

→ English: quatrayle


quasi-frère

quasi-frère m (plural quasi-frères, feminine quasi-sœur)

quasi-frères (plural)
quasi-sœur (feminine)


frarâtre

frarâtre m (plural frarâtres, feminine sorâtre)

(dated) stepbrother (especially an evil one)


fillâtre

From Old French fillastre, from Latin filiaster.

(dated) stepchild (especially an evil one)


filsâtre

a stepson, a son of the present spouse of its remarried parent (especially an evil one)


frèrâtre

frèrâtre m (plural frèrâtres, feminine sœurâtre)


papa poule

papa poule f (plural papas poules, feminine mère poule)

papas poules (plural)
mère poule (feminine)