French Flashcards
French Family Flashcards
Master family vocabulary with flashcards, audio pronunciation, and tiered difficulty levels designed to take you from beginner to advanced.
Master family vocabulary with flashcards, audio pronunciation, and tiered difficulty levels designed to take you from beginner to advanced.
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Review your French family vocabulary and test your knowledge with interactive practice.
Put your new family vocabulary into practice and see how many words you can remember.
Review French family vocabulary with the full list of words and their English translations.
Boost your vocabulary retention with these clever, association-rich memory tricks tailored for French learners.
Memory Trick: Think of an infant. In French, l'enfant sounds very close to 'infant', but applies to any child!
An infant grows up into l'enfant.
Memory Trick: Imagine a mother standing by the sea (la mer). The words 'mère' and 'mer' are pronounced identically!
Mère loves the sea (mer).
Memory Trick: A father forms a pair with a mother. Père sounds just like 'pair'!
Père makes part of the parenting pair.
Memory Trick: Picture a brother who is a monk (a friar). Frère sounds like 'friar'!
Your frère is like a friendly friar.
Memory Trick: Think of a sister who loves to soar high in the sky. Sœur sounds similar to 'soar'.
My sœur loves to soar.
Memory Trick: Think of a gentle man married to your daughter. Gendre starts like 'gender' / 'gentle'.
A gentle son-in-law is a great gendre.
How family vocabulary varies across Spain and Latin America.
France:
Le petit ami / La petite amie (or le copain / la
copine)
Canada (Quebec): Le chum / La blonde
France: Papy / Papi
Canada (Quebec): Grand-papa
Belgium: Papy
France: Mamie / Mamy
Canada (Quebec): Grand-maman
Switzerland: Mémé / Mamie
France & Belgium: Tonton
Canada (Quebec): Moncle / Mon Oncle
France & Belgium: Tata / Tatie
Canada (Quebec): Ma tante / Tante
France: Les gosses / Les gamin(e)s
Canada (Quebec):
Les enfants / Les petits (Note: 'gosses' is vulgar
in Quebec)
Follow these simple steps to get the most out of your French family flashcard practice.
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