belle-sœur
Appearance
See also: belle-soeur
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French [Term?]. By surface analysis, belle- + sœur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bɛl.sœʁ/
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Noun
[edit]belle-sœur f (plural belles-sœurs)
- sister-in-law (wife's or husband's sister)
- sister-in-law (brother's or sister’s wife)
- step-sister, stepsister
Coordinate terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “belle-sœur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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- French terms inherited from Middle French
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- French terms prefixed with belle-
- French 2-syllable words
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- French nouns
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- fr:Family
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