parent-in-law

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English parent

English -in-law

English parent-in-law

From parent + -in-law.

Noun

parent-in-law (plural parents-in-law)

1. One's spouse's parent.

Derived terms

• (uncommon) co-parent-in-law

Translations

mother-in-law or father-in-law

• Basque: aita-amaginarreba
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: panugangan (bcl)

• Cebuano: ugangan
• Danish: svigerforældre (da) pl
• Finnish: appivanhemmat (fi) pl
• French: beau-parent (fr) m
• German: Schwiegerelternteil (de) n
• Greek: (plural) πεθερικά (el) n pl (petheriká)
• Icelandic: tengdaforeldrar (is) m pl
• Kalinga:

  Limos Kalinga: katuganga

• Malay: mertua

  Brunei Malay: mantua

• Māori: hungarei, hungawai
• Mwani: mukwe
• Norwegian: svigerforeldre pl
• Russian: (no exact term exists, see translations of) mother-in-law or father-in-law
• Spanish: suegra (es) f, suegro (es) m
• Swedish: svärförälder (sv) c
• Tagalog: biyenan (tl)
• Waray-Waray: ugangan

See also

• mother-in-law
• father-in-law