mother-in-law

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmʌð.ə(ɹ).ɪnˌlɔː/, X-SAMPA: /"mVD.@(r).In%lO:/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmʌðɜɹɪnˌlɑː/

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Noun

mother-in-law (plural mothers-in-law)

1. One’s spouse’s mother.
2. A mother-in-law apartment.
3. (dated) A stepmother.

Derived terms

• mother-in-law apartment
• mother-in-law style
• (uncommon) co-mother-in-law

Related terms

• brother-in-law
• daughter-in-law
• father-in-law
• sister-in-law
• son-in-law

Translations

spouse’s mother

• Afrikaans: skoonmoeder (af)
• Albanian: vjehërr (sq) f
• Arabic: حماة (ar) (Hamaah) f
• Armenian: (wife's mother-in-law) սկեսուր (hy) (skesur), (husband's mother-in-law) զոքանչ (hy) (zok'anč)
• Aromanian: soacrã (rup) f
• Asturian: suegra (ast) f
• Basque: amaginarreba (eu)
• Catalan: sogra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婆婆 (cmn) (pópo) (husband's mother), 岳母 (cmn) (yuèmǔ) (wife's mother)

• Czech: tchýně (cs) f, tchyně (cs) f
• Danish: svigermor (da)
• Dutch: schoonmoeder (nl) f
• Esperanto: bopatrino (eo)
• Estonian: ämm (et)
• Finnish: anoppi (fi)
• French: belle-mère (fr) f
• Friulian: madone f
• German: Schwiegermutter (de) f
• Gooniyandi: marriyali
• Greek: πεθερά (el) (petherá) f
• Hebrew: חָמוֹת (he) (khamót) f
• Hungarian: anyós (hu)
• Indonesian: mertua perempuan
• Interlingua: matre affin
• Irish: máthair chéile
• Italian: suocera (it) f
• Japanese: 姑 (しゅうとめ) (shūtome), 義母 (ja) (gibo)
• Jèrriais: belle-méthe f
• Krisa: sami (husband’s mother)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خه‌سو (ku) (xesu)

• Latin: socrus (la) f
• Lithuanian: uošvė (lt), anyta (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Schwéiermamm (lb) f
• Macedonian: свекрва (mk) (svékrva) f (wife’s mother-in-law), тешта (mk) (téšta) f, баба (mk) (bába) f (husband’s mother-in-law)
• Malay: ibu mertua (ms), emak mertua (ms)
• Maori: hungarei (mi)
• Marathi: सासू (mr) (sāsū) f
• Norwegian: svigermor (no) f
• Occitan: sògra (oc) f
• Polish: teściowa (pl) f, świekra (pl) f (archaic; husband's mother)
• Portuguese: sogra (pt) f
• Romanian: soacră (ro) f
• Russian: (husband's mother) свекровь (ru) (svekróv') f, (wife's mother) тёща (ru) (tjóšča) f
• Sardinian: socra (sc) f
• Scottish Gaelic: màthair-chèile
• Seri: aaquéect cmaam (of a male)
• Skolt Sami: vue´n
• Slovak: svokra, svekruša f
• Slovene: tašča (sl) f
• Spanish: suegra (es) f
• Swedish: svärmor (sv) c
• Tamil: மாமியார் (ta) (maamiyaar)
• Taos: kána
• Telugu: అత్త (te) (atta)
• Tupinambá: mendy (wife’s mother-in-law), aîxó (t-) (husband’s mother-in-law)
• Turkish: kaynana (tr), kayınvalide (tr), hanımanne (tr)
• Volapük: lümot (vo)
• Yiddish: שוויגער (yi) f