• 12 words
  • Checked October 2026

French Family Labeled

Twelve French family words on one family tree, each with le, la, l' or les.

French Family Labeled

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  1. le grand-père
  2. la grand-mère
  3. le père
  4. la mère
  5. l'oncle
  6. la tante
  7. la sœur
  8. le frère
  9. le bébé
  10. le cousin
  11. les parents
  12. les grands-parents

The site's own drawing of 2026-10-02, first made for the English family members page and used here unchanged. Licence: own work.

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Grandparents' row 2

  1. le grand-père grandfather Grandfather.
  2. la grand-mère grandmother Grandmother.

Parents' row 4

  1. le père father Father. A child says papa.
  2. la mère mother Mother. A child says maman.
  3. l'oncle uncle Uncle.
  4. la tante aunt Aunt. On this tree, the uncle's wife.

Children's row 4

  1. la sœur sister Sister.
  2. le frère brother Brother.
  3. le bébé baby Baby.
  4. le cousin cousin Cousin. A girl cousin is la cousine.

Two at once 2

  1. les parents parents Parents: the father and the mother together.
  2. les grands-parents grandparents Grandparents: the grandfather and the grandmother together.

How this list was compiled: Every label and every other French word named here was read on 2026-10-12 in three dictionaries: the French-English dictionary of WordReference (https://www.wordreference.com/fren/ followed by the word), Le Robert, Dico en ligne (https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/ followed by the word) and Larousse, dictionnaire de français (https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/ followed by the word). All three give the gender and the family meaning of grand-père, grand-mère, père, mère, oncle, tante, sœur, frère, bébé, cousin (with cousine), parent, grands-parents, papa, maman, papi (papy) and mamie (mamy). Plurals: Le Robert gives des grands-pères and des grands-mères; Larousse gives grands-pères and, for the grandmother, grand-mères or grands-mères. Grands-parents is a masculine plural noun in Le Robert and Larousse, and Larousse adds that the singular un grand-parent is met. Parent: WordReference, Le Robert and Larousse all give two senses, the father or the mother, and a person one is related to. Tante as the wife of an uncle: WordReference, Le Robert and Larousse. Bébé: a masculine noun in all three. Famille (feminine) and arbre généalogique (masculine, family tree): WordReference; Le Robert has arbre généalogique under généalogique. Moi, the pronoun me: WordReference. Who is whose child on the tree comes from the drawing. The wording of every line is our own. Licence: own work

The drawing: The site's own drawing of 2026-10-02, first made for the English family members page and used here unchanged. Own work: a made-up family drawn from plain geometry, nobody real, nothing traced. The one word on it, Me under the child the tree is read from, is English. Licence: own work

How it works

The French family labeled on one family tree: twelve words, from le grand-père at the top to le cousin at the bottom. Each is read from the child marked Me, moi in French.

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Grand without an e

La grand-mère keeps grand, not grande, though mère is feminine. In the plural Le Robert writes des grands-mères, and Larousse allows grand-mères as well. Les grands-parents takes an s on both halves.

Un parent is not always a parent

Les parents are the mother and the father. In the singular un parent, or une parente, is also any relative: an aunt, a cousin, a grandfather. All three dictionaries read for this page give both senses.

  • Sœur is written with œ, an o and an e joined. Typed as soeur it still counts.

Questions and answers

What are the family members in French?

Le grand-père (grandfather), la grand-mère (grandmother), le père (father), la mère (mother), l'oncle (uncle), la tante (aunt), le frère (brother), la sœur (sister), le cousin (cousin) and le bébé (baby). The whole family is la famille.

How do you say grandma and grandpa in French?

Mamie and papi, the familiar words children use. Papi is also spelled papy, and mamie mamy. Both count when typed for the two pictures at the top of the tree.

How do you say aunt and uncle in French?

La tante and l'oncle. L'oncle is masculine: un oncle. The wife of an uncle is une tante and the husband of an aunt un oncle, in WordReference, Le Robert and Larousse.

Is bébé masculine or feminine in French?

Masculine: le bébé, un bébé. All three dictionaries mark it as a masculine noun and list no feminine form.

How do you say family tree in French?

Un arbre généalogique, a masculine noun. WordReference gives it for the English family tree, and Le Robert lists it under généalogique.

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