zii

I miei genitori hanno tanti fratelli e sorelle, allora ho tanti zii.

My parents have many brothers and sisters, so I have many aunts and uncles.


zia

From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).


zio

it-noun

zio m (plural zii, feminine zia, augmentative (uncommon) zióne, diminutive-endearing ziétto or (less common) ziìno or ziùccio)

zii (plural)
zia (feminine)
zióne (augmentative uncommon)

Inherited from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío, Portuguese tio, Sicilian ziu, Sardinian tiu or tziu, Venetan sio.


nipote

nipote m or f by sense (plural nipoti, diminutive nipotìno m or nipotìna f, pejorative nipotàccio m or nipotàccia f)

nipoti (plural)
nipotìno (diminutive masculine)
nipotìna (diminutive feminine)
nipotàccio (masculine pejorative)
nipotàccia (feminine pejorative)

From Latin nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Compare French neveu, Romanian nepot, Catalan and Occitan nebot, Sicilian niputi.

(by extension, in the plural) descendants


nonno

nonno m (plural nonni, feminine nonna, diminutive nonnétto or nonnìno, pejorative nonnàccio, endearing nonnùccio)

nonni (plural)
nonna (feminine)
nonnétto (diminutive)
nonnìno (diminutive)
nonnàccio (pejorative)
nonnùccio (endearing)

→ English: nonno

→ Mòcheno: nono


nonna

nonna f (plural nonne, masculine nonno, pejorative nonnàccia, endearing nonnùccia, diminutive-endearing nonnétta or nonnettìna or nonnìna)

nonne (plural)
nonno (masculine)
nonnàccia (pejorative)
nonnùccia (endearing)

→ English: nonna

→ Greek: νόνα (nóna)

→ Italiot Greek: nunna

→ Mòcheno: nu'na


papà

quote-web

2017 May 5, Accademia della Crusca:
In almost all Italian dictionaries, the second word (after mamma) pronounced by the majority of Italian speakers, that is, papà, is classified as a Frenchism, that is, a tracing of the French papa. It is instead a term of central-northern Italian origin, which from the dialects of the North has passed into the national language, as has also happened to some other words of the daily and family lexicon.
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padre

it-noun

padre m (plural padri, pejorative (usually jocular) padraccio)

padri (plural)
padraccio (humorous pejorative usually)

→ English: padre

From Old Italian patre, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


moglie

moglie f (plural mogli, pejorative (uncommon) mogliàccia, diminutive-endearing mogliétta or (more common) mogliettìna)

mogli (plural)
mogliàccia (pejorative uncommon)

Inherited from Latin mulier (nominative). The alternative forms reflect the Latin accusative mulierem.


madre

From the older form matre, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.


madre

lavoratrice madre

working mother (literally, “mother worker”)

causa madre

Si può far parte a vari livelli, da urlare in pubblico slogan pro occidente a farsi tatuare il nome Proud Boys fino alla prova madre: partecipare a scontri.

2020 October 1, Massimo Basile, “Misogini, anti-immigrati, suprematisti: chi sono i Proud Boys sdoganati da Trump [Misogynists, suprematists: who are the Proud Boys legitimated by Trump]”, in la Repubblica:

You can be a part of it at various levels, from yelling pro-Western slogans in public to tattooing the name Proud Boys all the way to the principal test: participating in clashes.

that constitutes the origin of subsequent facts and phenomena


genitore

genitore m (plural genitori, feminine genitrice)

Borrowed from Latin genitōrem, from genitus, from participle of gignere.

È un genitore?

Va' tra le Selve Ircane, barbaro genitore

1730, Leonardo Vinci, Artaserse (Vinci), act II, scene XII:

Go to the forests of Hyrcania, savage parent


marito

marito m (plural mariti, diminutive maritìno, augmentative maritóne, pejorative maritàccio, endearing-derogatory maritùccio)

mariti (plural)
maritìno (diminutive)
maritóne (augmentative)
maritàccio (pejorative)


babbo

From Vulgar Latin *bábbọ, accusative-ablative form of *bábbọs, childish term of onomatopoeic origin.

ché non è impresa da pigliare a gabbo ¶ discriver fondo a tutto l'universo, ¶ né da lingua che chiami mamma o babbo.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXII, page 471, lines 7–9:

For 'tis no enterprise to take in jest, ¶ to sketch the bottom of all the universe, ¶ nor for a tongue that cries for Mom or Dad.

(regional, central Italy, Florentine, informal) dad, daddy

central Italy; Florentine; central Italy; Florentine


mamma

mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)


avo

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).


parente

parente m or f by sense (plural parenti)


nuora

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.


cugino

cugino m (plural cugini, feminine cugina)

Borrowed from Old French cosin, cousin, from Latin cōnsobrīnus. Doublet of consobrino.

a male cousin (son of one’s uncle or aunt)


prozio

Internationalism. From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) + -io (“-ium”, forms names of chemical elements).

af

(physics) protium (an isotope of hydrogen)


cognato

From Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from cum (“with”) + nātus (“born”).


bisnonna

it-noun

bisnonna f (plural bisnonne, masculine bisnonno)


bisnonno

bisnonno m (plural bisnonni, feminine bisnonna)


fratello

fratellóne<pos:often, “member of a brotherhood”>

fratello m (plural frategli, diminutive fratellìno, augmentative fratellóne (often, “member of a brotherhood”), pejorative fratellàccio, endearing fratellùccio)

frategli (plural)
fratellìno (diminutive)
fratellóne (augmentative often)
fratellàccio (pejorative)
fratellùccio (endearing)

From Latin frātellus, a diminutive of Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

confratello

member of a religious community or church

Et quant le Grant Sire que Cublai Kaan avoit a nom, qui estoit seingnor de tous les Tartars do monde et de toutes les provinces et rengnes et region de celle grandisme partie do secle, ot entendu tous les fais des Latin, si come les deus frers li avoient dit ben et apertamant, il li plet outre mesure. Il dit a soi meisme qu'il envoiera mesajes a l'apostoile.

c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo et al., Milione [Million], translation of Le divisement dou monde by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa (in Old French); republished as “Come il Grande (Kane) mandò gli due (fratelli) al papa per amb(asciadori) [The Great Khan sent the two brothers as ambassadors to the Pope]” (chapter 6), in Antonio Lanza, editor, Il Milione di Marco Polo, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:

The Great Lord, named Kublai, who was Lord of all Tartars in the world, and of all the provinces and kingdoms of those vast regions, having heard about the things of the Latins from the two brothers, enjoyed it very much, and said that he himself wished to send messages to the Lord Pope.


sorella

sorella f (plural sorelle, diminutive sorellìna or (archaic) sorellétta, augmentative sorellóna, pejorative sorellàccia, endearing sorellùccia)

sorelle (plural)
sorellìna (diminutive)
sorellétta (archaic diminutive)
sorellóna (augmentative)
sorellàccia (pejorative)
sorellùccia (endearing)

From Latin soror, from a diminutive form or based on the model of fratello. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


suocera

suocera f (plural suocere, masculine suocero)

From Latin socera, variant of socrus. Compare Sicilian soggira.


suocero

suocero m (plural suoceri, feminine suocera)

From Latin socerus, variant of socer, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.


sposa

bride, wife (when in reference to the wedding day or the period of time immediately after the wedding)


patrigno

From Late Latin patrīneus, from pater (“father”) + -īneus (“relative suffix”). Compare Medieval Latin patrīnus (“godfather”); alternatively from Late Latin patrignus, after the model of prīvignus (“stepson”).


figliastro

it-noun

figliastro m (plural figliastri, feminine figliastra)

figliastri (plural)
figliastra (feminine)

From Late Latin fīliastrum, from Latin fīlius. Compare Romanian fiastru, Spanish hijastro.


figliastra

figliastra f (plural figliastre, masculine figliastro)

figliastre (plural)
figliastro (masculine)


figliola

figliola f (plural figliole, masculine figliolo)


figliolo

figliolo m (plural figlioli, feminine figliola)

From Latin fīliolus. By surface analysis, figlio (“son”) + -olo (diminutive suffix).


antenato

it-noun

antenato m (plural antenati, feminine antenata)


matrigna

From Late Latin mātrīnea, from māter (“mother”) + -īneus (“relative suffix”). Compare Late Latin mātrīna (“stepmother, godmother”); alternatively from Late Latin mātrigna, after the model of prīvignus (“stepson”).


nipotina

it-noun

nipotina f (plural nipotine, masculine nipotino)

From nipote (“granddaughter, niece”) + -ina (“diminutive suffix”).


nipotino

it-noun

nipotino m (plural nipotini, feminine nipotina)

From Italian nipote (“grandson, nephew”) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”).


primogenito

it-adj

primogenito (feminine primogenita, masculine plural primogeniti, feminine plural primogenite)

primogenita (feminine)
primogeniti (masculine plural)
primogenite (feminine plural)


pronipote

it-noun

pronipote m or f by sense (plural pronipoti)


figlioletta

figlioletta f (plural figliolette, masculine figlioletto)

figliolette (plural)
figlioletto (masculine)


figlioletto

figlioletto m (plural figlioletti, feminine figlioletta)

figlioletti (plural)
figlioletta (feminine)


terzogenito

it-adj

terzogenito (feminine terzogenita, masculine plural terzogeniti, feminine plural terzogenite)

terzogenita (feminine)
terzogeniti (masculine plural)
terzogenite (feminine plural)


terzogenito

it-noun

terzogenito m (plural terzogeniti, feminine terzogenita)

terzogeniti (plural)
terzogenita (feminine)


genitrice

genitrice f (plural genitrici, masculine genitore)

Borrowed from Latin genitrīcem (“female parent”, “mother”, literally “she who gives birth”).


bisavo

it-noun

bisavo m (plural bisavi, feminine bisava)


bisavola

bisavola f (plural bisavole, masculine bisavolo)


bisavolo

bisavolo m (plural bisavoli, feminine bisavola)


bisava

bisava f (plural bisave, masculine bisavo)


bisnipote

bisnipote m or f by sense (plural bisnipoti)


biscugino

biscugino m (plural biscugini, feminine biscugina)


secondogenito

it-adj

secondogenito (feminine secondogenita, masculine plural secondogeniti, feminine plural secondogenite)

secondogenita (feminine)
secondogeniti (masculine plural)
secondogenite (feminine plural)


secondogenito

it-noun

secondogenito m (plural secondogeniti, feminine secondogenita)

secondogeniti (plural)
secondogenita (feminine)


trisnonna

trisnonna f (plural trisnonne, masculine trisnonno)

trisnonne (plural)
trisnonno (masculine)


trisnonno

trisnonno m (plural trisnonni, feminine trisnonna)

(in the plural) great-great-grandparents


consuocera

consuocera f (plural consuocere, masculine consuocero)

consuocere (plural)
consuocero (masculine)

son's mother-in-law, daughter's mother-in-law (co-mother-in-law)


trisavola

trisavola f (plural trisavole, masculine trisavolo)

trisavole (plural)
trisavolo (masculine)


consuocero

consuocero m (plural consuoceri, feminine consuocera)

consuoceri (plural)
consuocera (feminine)

From Latin cōnsocerum. Compare Spanish consuegro.

one's son's father-in-law, one's daughter's father-in-law (co-father-in-law)

(in the plural) one's son's in-laws, one's daughter's in-laws; one's co-parents-in-law; the relationship of people whose children have married each other


trisavolo

trisavolo m (plural trisavoli, feminine trisavola)

(usually in the plural) forefather, ancestor


consobrino

consobrino m (plural consobrini, feminine consobrina)

consobrini (plural)
consobrina (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin cōnsobrīnus (“first cousin”). Doublet of cugino.

bor+

Ipocoonte ¶ […], de' Traci consigliero, e prode ¶ Consobrino di Reso.

1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 222:

Hippocoon, Thracian councillor, and brave cousin of Rhesus.


figlio unico

it-noun

figlio unico m (plural figli unici, feminine figlia unica)

figli unici (plural)
figlia unica (feminine)

Sono figlio unico.