Les parents (as the English relatives)
Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)? Should we use les parents proches?
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Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)? Should we use les parents proches?
vocabulaire usage
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Duplicate of Comment traduire « relatives » et « parents ». Ambiguïté ?
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Dec 23 at 20:28
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Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)? Should we use les parents proches?
vocabulaire usage
asked Dec 22 at 20:50
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Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)? Should we use les parents proches?
vocabulaire usage
vocabulaire usage
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Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)?
Yes, and not only in colloquial French.
Parents means mother and father when used with a possessive or a definite article (mes parents, tes parents, ses parents, les parents, etc.) but when used with an undefinite (un parent, des parents), parents can also mean relatives.
In colloquial French, you can often hear the expression des parents à moi/lui.
Parents with no article also means relatives in legal documents and obituary notices,e.g.:
Les familles xx, yy, parents et alliés ont la douleur de vous faire part....
Should we use les parents proches?
If you mean close relatives yes, but that would rather be des parents proches.
answered Dec 23 at 14:06
jlliagre
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When talking about mother and father you can only use "parent" ; when you want to talk about what is called the relatives in English, that is the parents, grand parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles and aunts you use the word "proche" ; it can be paraphrased by "parents proches", but this is a term that is much less used. You can also use "proches parents" but it's also rarely used.
Here is a family tree in terms of the names of the relationships.
jlliagre draws attention to the following flaws in the above graph:
- erroneous capitalization ("Cousin Germain, Tante Par Alliance", etc. should be "Cousin germain, Tante par alliance", etc.)
- missing hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère)
- missing word in "cousin issu de germain"
- incorrect spelling "grande tante" when it should be "grand-tante"
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
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answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
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Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
add a comment |
The simple "les parents" is the French equivalent "the parents" (i.e. father and mother).
If you want to encompass the relatives (siblings + parents), then you should use "les parents proches" indeed.
edited Dec 22 at 21:00
dimitris
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answered Dec 22 at 20:54
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En complément des précédentes réponses, vous pouvez aussi utiliser « la famille » qui est très courant.
Le mot « parentèle » est précis mais un peu désuet.
Notez que le mot « proche » est plus étendu que famille car il comprend aussi les amis ou d'autres personnes intimes.
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
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Au Québec, de manière usuelle, je parle (ou chante) normalement de (la) parenté (Larousse en ligne, Ac.9, TLFi, qui le dit régional et populaire) : « Il a reçu à dîner toute sa parenté. (En ce sens, on dit aussi [la] Parentèle [voire le parentage] ) » (Ac.9, sauf entre crochets).
answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
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I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
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Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)?
Yes, and not only in colloquial French.
Parents means mother and father when used with a possessive or a definite article (mes parents, tes parents, ses parents, les parents, etc.) but when used with an undefinite (un parent, des parents), parents can also mean relatives.
In colloquial French, you can often hear the expression des parents à moi/lui.
Parents with no article also means relatives in legal documents and obituary notices,e.g.:
Les familles xx, yy, parents et alliés ont la douleur de vous faire part....
Should we use les parents proches?
If you mean close relatives yes, but that would rather be des parents proches.
answered Dec 23 at 14:06
jlliagre
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add a comment |
Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)?
Yes, and not only in colloquial French.
Parents means mother and father when used with a possessive or a definite article (mes parents, tes parents, ses parents, les parents, etc.) but when used with an undefinite (un parent, des parents), parents can also mean relatives.
In colloquial French, you can often hear the expression des parents à moi/lui.
Parents with no article also means relatives in legal documents and obituary notices,e.g.:
Les familles xx, yy, parents et alliés ont la douleur de vous faire part....
Should we use les parents proches?
If you mean close relatives yes, but that would rather be des parents proches.
answered Dec 23 at 14:06
jlliagre
60k240100
add a comment |
Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)?
Yes, and not only in colloquial French.
Parents means mother and father when used with a possessive or a definite article (mes parents, tes parents, ses parents, les parents, etc.) but when used with an undefinite (un parent, des parents), parents can also mean relatives.
In colloquial French, you can often hear the expression des parents à moi/lui.
Parents with no article also means relatives in legal documents and obituary notices,e.g.:
Les familles xx, yy, parents et alliés ont la douleur de vous faire part....
Should we use les parents proches?
If you mean close relatives yes, but that would rather be des parents proches.
answered Dec 23 at 14:06
jlliagre
60k240100
Can we use, in colloquial French, les parents when we are talking about family members (i.e. as like the English word relatives)?
Yes, and not only in colloquial French.
Parents means mother and father when used with a possessive or a definite article (mes parents, tes parents, ses parents, les parents, etc.) but when used with an undefinite (un parent, des parents), parents can also mean relatives.
In colloquial French, you can often hear the expression des parents à moi/lui.
Parents with no article also means relatives in legal documents and obituary notices,e.g.:
Les familles xx, yy, parents et alliés ont la douleur de vous faire part....
Should we use les parents proches?
If you mean close relatives yes, but that would rather be des parents proches.
answered Dec 23 at 14:06
jlliagre
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answered Dec 23 at 14:06
jlliagre
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When talking about mother and father you can only use "parent" ; when you want to talk about what is called the relatives in English, that is the parents, grand parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles and aunts you use the word "proche" ; it can be paraphrased by "parents proches", but this is a term that is much less used. You can also use "proches parents" but it's also rarely used.
Here is a family tree in terms of the names of the relationships.
jlliagre draws attention to the following flaws in the above graph:
- erroneous capitalization ("Cousin Germain, Tante Par Alliance", etc. should be "Cousin germain, Tante par alliance", etc.)
- missing hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère)
- missing word in "cousin issu de germain"
- incorrect spelling "grande tante" when it should be "grand-tante"
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
add a comment |
When talking about mother and father you can only use "parent" ; when you want to talk about what is called the relatives in English, that is the parents, grand parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles and aunts you use the word "proche" ; it can be paraphrased by "parents proches", but this is a term that is much less used. You can also use "proches parents" but it's also rarely used.
Here is a family tree in terms of the names of the relationships.
jlliagre draws attention to the following flaws in the above graph:
- erroneous capitalization ("Cousin Germain, Tante Par Alliance", etc. should be "Cousin germain, Tante par alliance", etc.)
- missing hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère)
- missing word in "cousin issu de germain"
- incorrect spelling "grande tante" when it should be "grand-tante"
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
add a comment |
When talking about mother and father you can only use "parent" ; when you want to talk about what is called the relatives in English, that is the parents, grand parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles and aunts you use the word "proche" ; it can be paraphrased by "parents proches", but this is a term that is much less used. You can also use "proches parents" but it's also rarely used.
Here is a family tree in terms of the names of the relationships.
jlliagre draws attention to the following flaws in the above graph:
- erroneous capitalization ("Cousin Germain, Tante Par Alliance", etc. should be "Cousin germain, Tante par alliance", etc.)
- missing hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère)
- missing word in "cousin issu de germain"
- incorrect spelling "grande tante" when it should be "grand-tante"
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
When talking about mother and father you can only use "parent" ; when you want to talk about what is called the relatives in English, that is the parents, grand parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles and aunts you use the word "proche" ; it can be paraphrased by "parents proches", but this is a term that is much less used. You can also use "proches parents" but it's also rarely used.
Here is a family tree in terms of the names of the relationships.
jlliagre draws attention to the following flaws in the above graph:
- erroneous capitalization ("Cousin Germain, Tante Par Alliance", etc. should be "Cousin germain, Tante par alliance", etc.)
- missing hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère)
- missing word in "cousin issu de germain"
- incorrect spelling "grande tante" when it should be "grand-tante"
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
edited Dec 23 at 16:40
jlliagre
60k240100
60k240100
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
answered Dec 23 at 6:29
LPH
5,082317
5,082317
Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
add a comment |
Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
Beware that the graph has bogus capitalization, is lacking hyphens where required (grand-père, belle-mère, arrière-grand-mère), is missing a word in "cousin issu de germain", and incorrectly use grande tante where grand-tante should be.
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 15:55
add a comment |
The simple "les parents" is the French equivalent "the parents" (i.e. father and mother).
If you want to encompass the relatives (siblings + parents), then you should use "les parents proches" indeed.
edited Dec 22 at 21:00
dimitris
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answered Dec 22 at 20:54
Matthieu Brucher
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The simple "les parents" is the French equivalent "the parents" (i.e. father and mother).
If you want to encompass the relatives (siblings + parents), then you should use "les parents proches" indeed.
edited Dec 22 at 21:00
dimitris
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answered Dec 22 at 20:54
Matthieu Brucher
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The simple "les parents" is the French equivalent "the parents" (i.e. father and mother).
If you want to encompass the relatives (siblings + parents), then you should use "les parents proches" indeed.
edited Dec 22 at 21:00
dimitris
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answered Dec 22 at 20:54
Matthieu Brucher
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The simple "les parents" is the French equivalent "the parents" (i.e. father and mother).
If you want to encompass the relatives (siblings + parents), then you should use "les parents proches" indeed.
edited Dec 22 at 21:00
dimitris
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answered Dec 22 at 20:54
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En complément des précédentes réponses, vous pouvez aussi utiliser « la famille » qui est très courant.
Le mot « parentèle » est précis mais un peu désuet.
Notez que le mot « proche » est plus étendu que famille car il comprend aussi les amis ou d'autres personnes intimes.
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
add a comment |
En complément des précédentes réponses, vous pouvez aussi utiliser « la famille » qui est très courant.
Le mot « parentèle » est précis mais un peu désuet.
Notez que le mot « proche » est plus étendu que famille car il comprend aussi les amis ou d'autres personnes intimes.
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
add a comment |
En complément des précédentes réponses, vous pouvez aussi utiliser « la famille » qui est très courant.
Le mot « parentèle » est précis mais un peu désuet.
Notez que le mot « proche » est plus étendu que famille car il comprend aussi les amis ou d'autres personnes intimes.
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
En complément des précédentes réponses, vous pouvez aussi utiliser « la famille » qui est très courant.
Le mot « parentèle » est précis mais un peu désuet.
Notez que le mot « proche » est plus étendu que famille car il comprend aussi les amis ou d'autres personnes intimes.
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
68447
answered Dec 23 at 12:54
Chambaron
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Au Québec, de manière usuelle, je parle (ou chante) normalement de (la) parenté (Larousse en ligne, Ac.9, TLFi, qui le dit régional et populaire) : « Il a reçu à dîner toute sa parenté. (En ce sens, on dit aussi [la] Parentèle [voire le parentage] ) » (Ac.9, sauf entre crochets).
answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
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I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
add a comment |
Au Québec, de manière usuelle, je parle (ou chante) normalement de (la) parenté (Larousse en ligne, Ac.9, TLFi, qui le dit régional et populaire) : « Il a reçu à dîner toute sa parenté. (En ce sens, on dit aussi [la] Parentèle [voire le parentage] ) » (Ac.9, sauf entre crochets).
answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
10.4k41860
I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
add a comment |
Au Québec, de manière usuelle, je parle (ou chante) normalement de (la) parenté (Larousse en ligne, Ac.9, TLFi, qui le dit régional et populaire) : « Il a reçu à dîner toute sa parenté. (En ce sens, on dit aussi [la] Parentèle [voire le parentage] ) » (Ac.9, sauf entre crochets).
answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
10.4k41860
Au Québec, de manière usuelle, je parle (ou chante) normalement de (la) parenté (Larousse en ligne, Ac.9, TLFi, qui le dit régional et populaire) : « Il a reçu à dîner toute sa parenté. (En ce sens, on dit aussi [la] Parentèle [voire le parentage] ) » (Ac.9, sauf entre crochets).
answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
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edited Dec 23 at 22:47
answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
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answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
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answered Dec 23 at 17:11
Saint-Jacques
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I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
add a comment |
I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
I hope my comment about the food Q. was o.k.. and that I wasn't too blunt with that. Otherwise I apologize. I believe exploring the relationship between those words is interesting. Anyways, Happy Holidays!
– Saint-Jacques
Dec 24 at 8:06
add a comment |
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Duplicate of Comment traduire « relatives » et « parents ». Ambiguïté ?
– jlliagre
Dec 23 at 20:28