English
Etymology
From Middle English suster-in-lawe sister -in-law
Pronunciation
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Noun
sister -in -law plural sisters-in-law or ( colloquial, nonstandard ) sister-in-laws
A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
The sister of one's spouse .
Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.
The wife of one's sibling .
My sister-in-law and my brother both met while they were on vacation in Jamaica.
( less common ) Co-sister-in-law : The wife of one's sibling-in-law .
The wife of the sibling of one's spouse .
The sister of the spouse of one's sibling .
Usage notes
The plural sister-in-laws is occasionally seen, especially in American English, but this is considered incorrect by most sources; see, for example, [1] .
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Ah Soh ( “ elder brother’s wife ” ) ( Singapore, slang )
Derived terms
Translations
wife's sister
Aklanon: hipag
Albanian: kunatë (sq) f
Arabic: أُخْت زَوْجَة f ( ʔuḵt zawja ) , سِلْفَة f ( silfa )
Armenian: քենի (hy) ( kʻeni )
Asturian: cuñada (ast) f
Azerbaijani: baldız (az)
Bikol Central: hipag
Bulgarian: балдъза (bg) f ( baldǎza )
Burmese: ခယ်မ (my) ( hkaima. ) , မရီး (my) ( ma.ri: )
Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
Cebuano: hipag ( disused ) , bayaw bayaw nga babaye
Chamicuro: pus̈hana
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大姨子 (zh) ( dàyízi ) ( wife's older sister ) , 姨姐 (zh) ( yíjiě ) ( wife's older sister ) , 小姨子 (zh) ( xiǎoyízi ) ( wife's younger sister )
Min Nan: 大姨 ( tōa-î ) ( wife's older sister ) , 姨仔 ( î-á ) ( wife's younger sister )
Czech: švagrová (cs) f
Danish: svigerinde (da) c
Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f schoonzuster (nl) f
Esperanto: bofratino
Estonian: käli (et)
Finnish: käly (fi)
French: belle-sœur (fr) f
Friulian: cugnade f
Galician: cuñada f
Georgian: ცოლიდა ( colida )
German: Schwägerin (de) f Alemannic German: Geschwiie f
Gooniyandi: garingi
Guugu Yimidhirr: dyiiral ; munamuna ( avoidance )
Hebrew: גִּיסָה f ( gisá )
Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
Ido: bofratino (io)
Ilocano: ipag
Italian: cognata (it) f
Japanese: 義姉 (ja) ( gishi ) (older), 義妹 (ja) ( gimai ) (younger), 義理の姉 ( giri no ane ) , 義理の妹 ( giri no imōto )
Kashmiri: سال ( sāl )
Korean: 형수 (ko) ( hyeongsu ) , 계수 (ko) ( gyesu ) , 시누이 (ko) ( sinu'i ) , 올케 (ko) ( olke ) , 처제 (ko) ( cheoje ) , 처형 (ko) ( cheohyeong ) , 동서 (ko) ( dongseo )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژنخوشک ( jinxuşk )
Latgalian: svaiņe
Latin: glos f
Latvian: svaine
Lithuanian: svainė
Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
Manchu: ᠪᠠᡧᠠ ( baša ) ( wife's younger sister ) , ᡴᡝᡴᡝ ( keke ) ( wife's older sister )
Mansaka: ipag
Maori: auwahine ( of a male )
Maranao: ipag
Murrinh-Patha: kartu purrima
Mwani: wifi
Norman: belle-soeu f
Northern Sami: sivjjot
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f versyster f versøster f
Occitan: conhada (oc) f
Pashto: خوښینه f
Pennsylvania German: Gschwei f
Persian: خیازنه ( xayâzne ) , خیاشنه ( xayâšne )
Polish: szwagierka (pl) f
Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
Russian: неве́стка (ru) f ( nevéstka ) , своя́ченица (ru) f ( svojáčenica )
Sardinian: connada f connata f
Scots: guid-sister
Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f piuthar-bhean f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сваст f свастика f
Roman: svast (sh) f svastika (sh) f svakinja
Seri: hicmajéete (wife's older sister); himaquéte (wife's younger sister)
Sicilian: cugnata (scn) f
Slovak: švagriná (sk) f
Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
Spanish: cuñada (es) f
Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
Tagalog: hipag (tl)
Tamil: கொழுந்தி (ta) ( koḻunti )
Turkish: baldız (tr)
Vietnamese: chị vợ ( wife's older sister ) , em vợ ( wife's younger sister )
Volapük: lüsör (vo)
Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
Yindjibarndi: yarungu
Zazaki: wayceni f
husband's sister
Albanian: kunatë (sq) f
Arabic: أُخْت زَوْج f ( ʔuḵt zawj )
Armenian: տալ (hy) ( tal )
Bikol Central: hipag
Bulgarian: зълва (bg) f ( zǎlva )
Burmese: ယောက်မ (my) ( yaukma. )
Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
Cebuano: hipag ( disused ) , bayaw bayaw nga babaye
Chamicuro: pus̈hana
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大姑 (zh) ( dàgū ) ( husband's older sister ) , 小姑 (zh) ( xiǎogū ) ( husband's younger sister )
Min Nan: 大姑 ( tōa-ko͘ ) ( husband's older sister ) , 小姑 ( sió-ko͘ ) ( husband's younger sister )
Czech: švagrová (cs) f
Danish: svigerinde (da) c
Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f schoonzuster (nl) f
Erzya: кияло ( kijalo )
Esperanto: bofratino
Estonian: nadu (et)
Finnish: käly (fi) , nato (fi) ( archaic )
French: belle-sœur (fr) f
Georgian: მული ( muli )
German: Schwägerin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: γάλως f ( gálōs )
Hebrew: גִּיסָה f ( gisá )
Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
Ilocano: ipag
Italian: cognata (it) f
Javanese: ipé
Kashmiri: زام ( zām )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دِش ( diş )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latgalian: muoseica veiramuosa
Latin: glōs f
Latvian: vīramāsa māsīca
Lithuanian: moša vyro sesuo
Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
Malay: ipar
Maori: taokete
Mwani: wifi
Norman: belle-soeu f
Northern Sami: mannji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f versyster f versøster f
Old Javanese: ipe
Oromo: sayyuu
Pashto: اندرور (ps) f ندرور f
Polish: szwagierka (pl) f
Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
Russian: неве́стка (ru) f ( nevéstka ) , золо́вка (ru) f ( zolóvka )
Sanskrit: ननान्दृ (sa) f ( nanāndṛ )
Scots: guid-sister
Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f piuthar-fhear f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заова f
Roman: zaova (sh) f šogorica (sh) f
Seri: hiquéec
Slovak: švagriná (sk) f zolvica f ( archaic )
Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
Spanish: cuñada (es) f
Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
Tagalog: hipag (tl)
Tamil: மச்சினி (ta) ( macciṉi )
Turkish: görümce (tr)
Vietnamese: chị chồng ( husband's older sister ) , em chồng (vi) ( wife's older sister )
Volapük: lüsör (vo)
Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
Yindjibarndi: binthi
Zazaki: gorım f
brother's wife
Armenian: հարս (hy) ( hars )
Bashkir: килен ( kilen ) ( younger brother's wife ) , еңгә ( yeñgə ) ( elder brother's wife )
Bengali: ভাবী ( bhabi )
Bikol Central: hipag
Bulgarian: снаха (bg) f ( snaha )
Burmese: ယောက်မ (my) ( yaukma. ) , မရီး (my) ( ma.ri: ) , ခယ်မ (my) ( hkaima. )
Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
Cebuano: hipag ( disused ) , bayaw bayaw nga babaye
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿嫂 ( aa3 sou2 ) ( older brother's wife ) , 弟婦 ／ 弟妇 ( dai6 fu5 ) , 弟妇 ( dai6 fu5 ) ( younger brother's wife ) , 阿妗 ( aa3 kam5 ) ( younger brother's wife )
Mandarin: 嫂子 (zh) ( sǎozi ) ( older brother's wife ) , 弟媳 (zh) ( dìxí ) ( younger brother's wife )
Min Nan: 阿嫂 (zh-min-nan) ( a-só ) ( older brother's wife ) , 兄嫂 ( hiaⁿ-só ) ( older brother's wife ) , 小嬸 ／ 小婶 小婶 ( sió-chím ) ( younger brother's wife )
Czech: švagrová (cs) f
Danish: svigerinde (da) c
Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f schoonzuster (nl) f
Esperanto: bofratino
Estonian: käli (et)
Finnish: käly (fi)
French: belle-sœur (fr) f
Georgian: ძმისცოლი ( ʒmiscoli )
German: Schwägerin (de) f
Greek: νύφη (el) f ( nýfi )
Ancient: γάλως f ( gálōs )
Guugu Yimidhirr: guman.ga
Hebrew: גִּיסָה f ( gisá )
Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
Ilocano: ipag
Italian: cognata (it) f
Japanese: 兄嫁 ( aniyome ) , 弟嫁 ( otoyome )
Kashmiri: بٔے کاکَنؠ ( bạē kākan' ) , بٲے کاکَنؠ ( bạ̄ē kākan' )
Korean: 제수 (ko) ( jesu ) ( a man's younger brother's wife ) , 형수 (ko) ( hyeongsu ) ( a man's older brother's wife ) , 올케 (ko) ( olke ) ( woman's brother's wife ) , 새언니 ( saeeonni ) ( woman's older brother's wife, lit. "new older sister" )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بِراژِن (ckb) ( birajin )
Latgalian: mārša
Latin: frātria f
Latvian: mārša
Lithuanian: brolienė
Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
Mongolian: бэргэн (mn) ( bergen ) ( elder brother's wife ) , бэр (mn) ( ber ) ( younger brother's wife )
Navajo: hayé
Norman: belle-soeu f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f versyster f versøster f
Old English: brōþorwīf n
Pashto: بابۍ (ps) f ورېنداره f
Paumarí: ʼananini f
Pennsylvania German: Gschwei f
Polish: bratowa (pl) f
Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
Russian: неве́стка (ru) f ( nevéstka )
Scots: guid-sister
Scottish Gaelic: bean-bhràthair f piuthar-chèile f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: снаха f
Roman: snaha (sh) f
Seri: hicatazáta (man's older brother’s wife); hicmajéete (man's younger brother’s wife); hicóaac (woman's brother’s wife)
Slovak: švagriná (sk) f
Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
Spanish: cuñada (es) f
Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
Tagalog: inso ( elder brother's wife ) , hipag (tl)
Tamil: அண்ணி (ta) ( aṇṇi )
Turkish: yenge (tr)
Udi: вичечубух ( vičečubuχ )
Vietnamese: chị dâu ( older brother's wife ) , em dâu (vi) ( younger brother's wife )
Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
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Yindjibarndi: binthi yarungu
Zazaki: bıraceni f
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