How family is evoked in literature and formal texts.
lineage
ancestors
descendants
family heritage
filiation/descent
heir/heiress
related by blood
kinfolk (formal)
a forefather
to carry on the name
At C2 this is about mastery of the edge cases and literary or formal uses. You should be able to explain the rule — and break it knowingly for effect.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Famille at C1. Comfortable? Level up to La Famille at Native.
Une longue ___ d’artistes. (lineage) (noun)
lignée
Ses ___ étaient nobles. (ancestors) (noun)
aïeux
L’unique ___ . (heir) (noun)
héritier
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
🧩 Sentence builder put the words in order