| A | B |
|---|
| le regret | regret |
| une querelle | an argument |
| Concilier carrière et famille | to manage/balance career and family life |
| faire une gaffe ** | to goof up/make a faux pas |
| rejeter | to reject |
| se brouiller | to have a falling out |
| se révolter | to rebel/revolt |
| punir | to punish |
| faire des reproches (f) | to reprimand |
| le remords | remorse |
| faire une bêtise | to mess up/ to do something wrong/bad |
| une bagarre | a fight (physical) |
| la famille proche | immediate family |
| la vie familiale | family life |
| la famille nucléaire | nuclear family (mother, father, children) |
| la famille éloignée | distant relatives/family |
| la famille élargie/étendue | extended family |
| une famille nombreuse | a large family |
| un père célibataire | a single father |
| une mère célibataire | a single mother/mom |
| une famille monoparentale | a single-parent family |
| les ancêtres | ancestors/forefathers |
| une famille recomposée | a family where the couple was previously married to others and then married each other, now having children from previous marriages and possibly also from the new marriage |
| une famille homoparentale | family where the parents are a homosexual couple |
| d'un certain âge | middle-aged |
| la retraite | retirement |
| le repos | rest |
| une maison de retraite | nursing home |
| la maladie de Parkinson | Parkinson's |
| la maladie d'Alzheimer | Alzheimer's |
| le foyer | the home (a narrower meaning in French) |
| le ménage | a household |
| le cocon familial | the warm and fuzzy family nest |
| le nid | the nest |
| servir de modèle à | to be a role model for |
| un cancer (de + le/la/les + body part) | cancer (____ cancer) |
| les aïeux | grandparents |
| les arrière-grands-parents | great grand-parents |
| les arrière-petits-enfants | great grand-children |
| l’héritier / l’héritière | heir |
| un descendant | descendent |
| un testament | a will |
| un frangin | a brother (slang) |
| le parrain | godfather |
| l’aîné (e) (m/f) | the oldest (of the children of a family) |
| le cadet/ le benjamin | the youngest of the children of a family (masc) |
| la marraine | godmother |
| l’aïeule | grandmother |
| l’aïeul | grandfather |
| la cadette / la benjamine | the youngest of the children of a family (fem) |
| une frangine | sister (slang) |
| la bourgeoisie | the (upper) middle class |
| le niveau de vie | standard of living |
| une nourrice / une « nounou » | a nanny |
| le taux de mortalité | the mortality rate |
| la dénalité | the fall/drop in birthrate |
| recevoir de l'aide sociale | to get welfare |
| l'espérance de vie | life expectancy |
| l'Etat providence | the Welfare state |
| la fécondité | fertility |
| la contraception | contraception |
| l'allocation familiale | welfare benefits for families with children |
| se sentir bien dans sa peau | to feel good about oneself, confident |
| se sentir mal dans sa peau | to be awkward/lack self-confidence |
| appartenir à | to belong to |
| le droit de garde | custody (custody rights) |
| le taux de natalité | birth rate |
| l'âge ingrat / l'âge bête | the awkward age (early teens) |
| le destin | destiny |
| le sort | fate |
| l'union libre | couple living together but not married |
| la cohabitation | living together |
| cohabiter | to live together |
| les conjoints | couple/ spouses |
| se sentir mal dans sa peau - | to be awkward/lack self-confidence |
| se sentir bien dans sa peau | to feel good about oneself, confident |
| un rite de passage | a rite of passage |
| le concubinage | common law marriage/living together |
| le compagnon | a life-partner (male) (not married) |
| la compagne | a life-partner (female) (not married) |
| la mort | death |
| le deuil | mourning |
| les funérailles (f) | funeral services |
| l’enterrement (m) (verb : enterrer) | burial (to bury) |
| les obsèques (f) | funeral |
| le/la défunt(e) | the deceased (person) |
| décédé(e) | deceased |
| le cercueil | the coffin |
| la tombe– | grave, tombstone, tomb |
| le tombeau | grave, tomb, sepulchre |
| s’installer | to set up house, to move into to settle in |
| le toit | the roof (also takes on a figurative meaning for home) |
| un pavillon | individual house (usually in suburbs) |
| un F3 | three room flat (two bedrooms/living room) |
| un/e locataire | a renter |
| un/e propriétaire | an owner |
| un bien | a piece of property, a piece of land, a possession |
| le loyer – | the rent |
| l’hypothèque (f) – | the mortage |
| une serrure – | a lock |
| un rideau – | a curtain |
| un volet – | a shutter |
| le mur | a wall |
| les charges (f) | costs (electricity etc.) |
| le plafond – | the ceiling |
| le plancher – | the floor |
| le seuil- | doorway/threshold |
| un(e) enfant unique | an only child |
| des jumeaux | twins (males) |
| des jumelles | twins (females) |
| le gendre | son-in-law |
| un gamin, gosse, môme | kid (male) |
| une gosse, môme, gamine | kid (female) |
| mal élevé (e) | poorly brought up |
| autoritaire | authoritative |
| obéissant (e) | obedient |
| difficile | difficult/picky/demanding |
| bien élevé (e) | well brought up |
| tolérant (e) | lenient/indulgent |
| désobéissant(e) | disobedient |
| docile | docile /obedient |
| équilibré | balanced |
| déséquilibré (e) | imbalanced |
| aisé (e) | well-to-do / well-off |
| privilégié (e) | privileged |
| nanti (e) | affluent / well-off |
| de souche | of an old, native line (family line) |
| appauvri (e) | impoverished |
| bouleversé (e) | extremely upset |
| navré (e) | extremely sorry |
| débordé (e) | overwhlelmed (with work) |
| ingrat (e) | ungrateful |
| tendu (e) | tense |
| gêné (e) | embarrassed/ bothered |
| gâté (e) | spoiled |
| déprimé (e) | depressed |
| à l’aise | comfortable (for a person), well-off |
| rancunier/ rancunière | spiteful |
| digne de foi | trustworthy |
| adopté (e) | adopted |
| exprès | on purpose |
| Le caractère | behavoir/nature/temperment |
| le respect des traditions | respecting traditions |
| l’avarice | miserliness |
| protéger quelqu’un | to protect |
| la confiance | confidence |
| l’humeur | mood |
| l’humour | humor |
| la colère | anger |
| le dévouement | devotion |
| un défaut | a character flaw |
| la vertu | virtue |
| les valeurs | values |
| le comportement | behavior |
| une coutume | a custom |
| le conflit des générations | the clash between generations |
| la rivalité entre frères et sœurs | sibling rivalry |
| le machisme | male chauvinism |
| le manque de communication | lack of communication |
| le manque d’amour | lack of love |
| l’isolement | isolation |
| une dispute | an argument |
| des rapports tendus | tense relationship/relations |
| le manque de soins | neglect |
| un nourrisson | a newborn/ a little baby |
| allaiter | to nurse (a baby) |
| un biberon | a bottle (for a baby) |
| une couche | a diaper (word also means 'layer) |
| le berceau | crib/cradle |
| une fessée | a spanking |
| fouetter | to whip |
| veiller sur | to watch over (idea of caring/protecting) |
| la vieillesse | old age |
| le troisième age | old age |
| l'enfance | childhood |
| le baptême | baptism |
| guetter | to watch (out) for/to wait for |
| d’un certain âge | middle-aged |
| gronder | to reprimand |
| refouler | to repress |
| haïr | to hate |
| priver quelqu’un de quelque chose | to deprive someone of something |
| mal tourner | to turn out bad |
| pleurnicher | to whine |
| en avoir assez de / J'en ai assez! | to have had enough/to be fed up |
| en avoir marre de** /en avoir ras le bol** | slang: to be fed up with |
| l’enfance (f): | childhood |
| un nourrisson | a little baby/ a newborn |
| traiter quelqu’un de ____(adjective) - | to treat someone like a _______ IDIOM |
| (se) vanter de | to boast/to brag about |
