in-law

See also: inlaw and -in-law

English

Noun

in-law (plural in-laws) (mainly used in plural)

1. A relative by marriage (or through affinity). Affinal relative; affine.
2. Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare

Derived terms

• co-in-law
• -in-law

Translations

relative by marriage

• Armenian: խնամի (hy) (xnami)
• Danish: (in-laws) svigerfamilie c
• Dutch: aangetrouwd familielid, schoonfamilie (nl) pl, aanverwant (nl)
• Finnish: puolison sukulainen
• French: membre de la belle-famille (fr) f
• German: angeheirateter Verwandter; Anverwandter; (collective, informal) Schwiegerfamilie; (loosely) Schwager
• Greek: (plural) πεθερικά (el) n pl (petheriká)
• Italian: parente acquisito m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: хнами (ku) (xnamî)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} politicus relativus m
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• Macedonian: сват m (svat)
• Maori: kaireperepe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (in-laws) svigerfamilie (no) m

  Nynorsk: (in-laws) svigerfamilie m

• Portuguese: afim (pt) m or f
• Russian: родня́ (со стороны́ му́жа/жены́) f (rodnjá (so storoný múža/žený))
• Spanish: relativo (político) m, familia política f
• Swahili: shemeji (sw), mkwe (sw)
• Swedish: släkting genom giftermål, ingift (sv)
• Tok Pisin: tambu

parent-in-law of one's child

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親家／亲家 (zh) (qìngjia), 亲家 (zh) (qìngjiā, qīngjiā)

• Finnish: lapsen appivanhempi
• German: no word; use constructions like Mutter meines Schwiegersohns or Schwiegermutter meiner Tochter, etc.
• Greek: συμπέθερος (el) m (sympétheros)
• Hebrew: מחותן (mekhutan)
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• Italian: consuocero (it)
• Malay: besan
• Portuguese: consogro (pt)
• Russian: сват (ru) m (svat), сва́тья (ru) f (svátʹja) (colloquial)
• Spanish: consuegro (es)

father-in-law — see father-in-law

mother-in-law — see mother-in-law

Anagrams

• Alwin, Wanli, Wilna, winal