Members of the Family - Polish Vocabulary
Here's Polish names(and its diminutives) for family members.
| Term | Translation | Diminutives |
| father | ojciec | tata/tatuś |
| mother | matka |
mama/mamusia |
| parents | rodzice |
|
| brother | brat |
braciszek |
| sister | siostra |
siostrzyczka |
| siblings | rodzieństwo |
|
| son | syn |
syneczek |
| daughter | córka |
córeczka |
| grandfather | dziadek |
dziadziuś/ dziadeczek |
| grandmother | babcia |
babusia/babunia |
| grandparents | dziadkowie |
|
| grandson | wnuk | wnuczek |
| granddaughter | wnuczka | |
| husband | mąż | mężuś |
| wife | żona | żoneczka |
| father-in-law | teść/świekr | |
| mother-in-law | teściowa/świekra | |
| son-in-law | zięć | |
| daughter-in-law | synowa | |
| brother-in-law | szwagier | |
| sister-in-law | bratowa | |
| uncle | wujek | wujeczek |
| aunt | ciotka | cioteczka |
| cousin(male) | kuzyn | |
| cousin(female) | kuzynka |
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What about terms for great aunts and uncles? We used (forgive the spelling) Vojka and Vojenka for Bacia’s brother and wife, and Streko and Strena for Dziadzi’s.