AQA A Level French - La famille en voie de changement
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Vocabulary and demographic terminology covering trends in couple relationships, marriage, PACS, single-parent families, reconstituted families, and multi-generational relationships from AQA French A Level.
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Se banaliser
To become commonplace.
Une union libre
Living together (cohabitation outside of marriage).
Un emménagement à deux
Moving in together.
Ined
Institut national d'études démographiques; the French national demographic research institute.
La rancune
Grudge.
Les ressentis
Feelings.
Éprouver
To experience things.
Froisser
To offend.
Le pacs (Pacte civil de solidarité)
A French civil partnership introduced on 15 November 1999 that offers legal and fiscal protection to unmarried couples.
La loi Taubira
The French legislation adopted in May 2013 that legalised same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples.
La « Manif pour tous »
A political movement in France advocating for the traditional family model and opposing same-sex marriage.
Nuire à
To harm.
Faire état de
To report, state.
Un(e) élu(e)
An elected member (of parliament).
Le mandat
(Political) mandate.
Famille monoparentale
A single-parent family where children are raised by only one parent; representing 1 in 5 families in France.
La précarité
Instability; socioeconomic insecurity.
Céder la place à
To give way to.
Au fil du temps
Over time.
Se sentir bien dans sa peau
To feel at ease; to feel good about oneself.
Tarder à
To take a long time to.
L'élan (m)
(Sudden) enthusiasm.
Famille recomposée
A reconstituted or blended stepfamily where children are not all from the current couple.
Le bouleversement
Disruption; upheaval.
Le bon déroulement
Smooth progress.
Gérer
To manage, handle.
S'y retrouver
To be content; to find one's footing.
Le gamin
Youngster; child.
Déséquilibrer
To destabilise.
Un aménagement
Organisation, adjustment.
« Enfants boomerang »
Adult children who return to live with their parents, often due to economic difficulties.
« Papy-boom »
The demographic phenomenon describing the large, aging generation of grandparents in France and Europe.
Ancrer
To anchor, fix.
Héberger
To accommodate, put up.
Le cocon
(Protective) cocoon.
La / le quinquagénaire
A person in her/his fifties.
Jouir de
To enjoy, benefit from.
Le soutien
Support.
Au sein de
Within.