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The people closest to you — parents, siblings, grandparents, and the rest.
- la madremotherfeminine; "la mamma" = mom (informal)
- il padrefathermasculine; "il papà" = dad (informal)
- i genitoriparentsmasculine plural; default form even for a mother+father pair
- la sorellasisterfeminine; Italian has no older/younger distinction
- il fratellobrothermasculine; Italian has no older/younger distinction
- i fratellisiblings / brothersmasculine plural covers mixed-gender siblings; also literally "brothers"
- la nonnagrandmotherfeminine; same word for maternal and paternal
- il nonnograndfathermasculine; same word for maternal and paternal
- i nonnigrandparentsmasculine plural; covers both grandparents
- la figliadaughterfeminine
- il figliosonmasculine
- i figlichildren (sons and daughters)masculine plural; one's offspring collectively
- la ziaauntfeminine; same word for maternal and paternal aunt
- lo ziounclemasculine; takes "lo" before z-; same word for both sides
- il cuginocousin (male)masculine form; Italian genders the noun itself
- la cuginacousin (female)feminine form
- la famigliafamilyfeminine
- il maritohusbandmasculine
- la mogliewifefeminine; irregular plural "le mogli"
- il bambinochild (boy)masculine; "il bebè" / "il neonato" = baby / newborn
- la bambinachild (girl)feminine; "la bambina piccola" for a baby girl; "il bebè" = baby
- il nipotegrandson / nephewmasculine; same word covers grandchild and nephew, distinguished only by context
- la nipotegranddaughter / niecefeminine; same word covers grandchild and niece, distinguished only by context