eldin raigmore wrote:I can't tell, because in English some words are used both for a person and for a relationship.
For instance "child" is used both for a person of a certain age-range, and for the relationship of "offspring".
How do you separate out, for instance, the concept "female adult human" from the concept "female spouse"?
In French "femme" means both of those meanings.
In the LCV, "child" (prepobescent person) and "woman" are listed under People, and "child" (reciprocal of parent) and "wife" are listed under Family.
That whole portion of People looks like this:
person, people*
individual
fetus
newborn
baby
toddler
child
little girl
little boy
kid (children and teens inclusive)
teen-ager, teen, adolescent
girl
boy
youth (young people collectively)
twentysomething
adult
woman, lady*
man*
married woman
married man
senior, senior citizen, elder
corpse
Whereas the Family section looks like this:
ancestor
descendant
parents
mother*
my mother, Mom
father*
my father, Dad
spouse, partner, mate
wife
husband
life partner
sibling
older sister (of a sister)
older sister (of a brother)
younger sister (of a sister)
younger sister (of a brother)
older brother (of a sister)
older brother (of a brother)
younger brother (of a sister)
younger brother (of a brother)
child (reciprocal of parent)
daughter (of a mother)
daughter (of a father)
son (of a mother)
son (of a father)
aunt (mother’s older sister)
aunt (mother’s younger sister)
aunt (mother’s brother’s wife)
aunt (father’s older sister)
aunt (father’s younger sister)
aunt (father’s brother’s wife)
uncle (mother’s older brother)
uncle (mother’s younger brother)
uncle (mother’s sister’s husband)
uncle (father’s older brother)
uncle (father’s younger brother)
uncle (father’s sister’s husband)
niece (sister’s daughter)
niece (spouse’s sister’s daughter)
niece (brother’s daughter)
niece (spouse’s brother’s daughter)
nephew (sister’s son)
nephew (spouse’s sister’s son)
nephew (brother’s son)
nephew (spouse’s brother’s son)
cousin (f., maternal)
cousin (m., maternal)
cousin (f., paternal)
cousin (m., paternal)
grandparent
maternal grandmother
paternal grandmother
maternal grandfather
paternal grandfather
grandchild
granddaughter (daughter’s daughter)
granddaughter (son’s daughter)
grandson (daughter’s son)
grandson (son’s son)
great-
sister-in-law (wife’s older sister)
sister-in-law (wife’s younger sister)
sister-in-law (husband’s older sister)
sister-in-law (husband’s younger sister)
sister-in-law (older brother’s wife)
sister-in-law (younger brother’s wife)
brother-in-law (wife’s older brother)
brother-in-law (wife’s younger brother)
brother-in-law (husband’s older brother)
brother-in-law (husband’s younger brother)
brother-in-law (older sister’s husband)
brother-in-law (younger sister’s husband)
mother-in-law (of a daughter-in-law)
mother-in-law (of a son-in-law)
father-in-law (of a daughter-in-law)
father-in-law (of a son-in-law)
daughter-in-law (of a mother-in-law)
daughter-in-law (of a father-in-law)
son-in-law (of a mother-in-law)
son-in-law (of a father-in-law)
stepmother
stepfather
stepsister (by a different mother)
stepsister (by a different father)
stepbrother (by a different mother)
stepbrother (by a different father)
stepdaughter
stepson
widow
only child
twin
to have (a relative)