son-in-law

English

Alternative forms

• (rare) soninlaw

Etymology

From Middle English sone in lawe; equivalent to son +‎ -in-law.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnɪnˌlɔː/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

son-in-law (plural sons-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) son-in-laws)

1. The husband of one's child.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 19:12–14:

     12 ¶ And the men said vnto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? sonne in law, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring them out of this place.
     13 For we will destroy this place, because the crie of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD: and the LORD hath sent vs to destroy it.
     14 And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get yee out of this place: for the LORD wil destroy this citie: but hee seemed as one that mocked, vnto his sonnes in law.

Derived terms

• live-in son-in-law
• son-in-law egg

Related terms

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

Translations

son-in-law

• Albanian: dhëndër (sq) m
• Andi: нусо (nuso)
• Arabic: زَوْج اَلاِبْنَة m (zawj al-ibna), صِهْر (ar) m (ṣihr)
• Archi: нусду (nusdu)
• Armenian: փեսա (hy) (pʻesa)
• Aromanian: dziniri m, dzinire m
• Asturian: xenru (ast) m, xenral (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: yeznə (az), kürəkən (az), giyəv (dialectal), dadı (dialectal)
• Bats: სიძე̂ (siʒê)
• Belarusian: зяць m (zjacʹ)
• Bengali: জামাই (bn) (jamai), দামাদ (bn) (damad)
• Bhojpuri: दामाद (dāmād)
• Breton: mab-kaer (br) m, deuñv (br) m
• Bulgarian: зет (bg) m (zet)
• Burmese: သမက် (my) (sa.mak)
• Catalan: gendre (ca) m
• Chechen: нуц (nuc)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 女婿 (neoi⁵ sai³)

  Hakka: 婿郎 (se-lòng)

  Hokkien: 囝婿 (káⁿ-sài, kiáⁿ-sài), 半子 (poàn-chír, poàn-chú), 女婿 (lír-sài, lí-sài, lú-sài)

  Mandarin: 女婿 (zh) (nǚxu), 婿 (zh) (xù)

• Cornish: deuv m
• Czech: zeť (cs) m
• Danish: svigersøn (da) c
• Dutch: schoonzoon (nl) m
• Estonian: väimees (et)
• Faroese: versonur m, dóttursonur m
• Finnish: vävy (fi)
• French: beau-fils (fr) m, gendre (fr) m
• Friulian: zinar m, ginar m
• Galician: xenro (gl) m
• Georgian: სიძე (siʒe)
• German: Schwiegersohn (de) m, Tochtermann (de) m (archaic), Eidam (de) m (archaic)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 m (mēgs)
• Greek: γαμπρός (el) m (gamprós)

  Ancient: γαμβρός m (gambrós)

• Guugu Yimidhirr: biidyirr (of a female), ngalaadhin (of a male)
• Hebrew: חָתָן (he) m (khatan)
• Hindi: दामाद (hi) m (dāmād), जमाई (hi) m (jamāī)
• Hungarian: vő (hu), (colloquial) vej (hu)
• Hunsrik: Schwieghersohn m
• Ido: bofiliulo (io)
• Indonesian: menantu laki-laki, menantu (id)
• Ingrian: vävy
• Ingush: найц (najc)
• Irish: cliamhain m
• Italian: genero (it) m
• Japanese: 婿 (ja) (むこ, muko)
• Kabuverdianu: jénru
• Kannada: ಅಳಿಯ (kn) (aḷiya)
• Kashmiri: زامتُر (ks) (zāmtur)
• Korean: 사위 (ko) (sawi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زاوا (zawa)

  Northern Kurdish: zava (ku) m

• Ladino: yerno
• Latin: gener (la) m
• Latvian: znots (lv) m
• Laz: სიჯა (sica)
• Lithuanian: žentas m
• Luxembourgish: Eedem m
• Macedonian: зет m (zet)
• Manx: cleuin m
• Maori: hunaonga, hunōnga
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: веҥе (veŋe)

• Mazanderani: زاما (zāmā) (Tonekabon)
• Middle English: sone in lawe
• Mingrelian: სინჯა (sinǯa)
• Nanai: аоси (aosi)
• Navajo: aadaaní (male speaker), doishʼíinii (female speaker), doo yooʼíinii (wife's mother speaking)
• Norman: bieau-fis m
• Norwegian: måg

  Bokmål: svigersønn (no) m

  Nynorsk: svigerson m

• Occitan: gendre (oc) m
• Odia: ଜ୍ୱାଇଁ (jwāĩ)
• Old English: āþum m
• Ossetian: сиахс (siaxs)
• Pashto: زوم (ps) m
• Pennsylvania German: Schwiegersoh m
• Persian: داماد (fa) (dâmâd)
• Plautdietsch: Schwiasän m
• Polabian: ząt m
• Polish: zięć (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: genro (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਜਵਾਈ m (javāī), ਦਾਮਾਦ m (dāmād)
• Romani: ʒamutro m
• Romanian: ginere (ro) m
• Russian: зять (ru) m (zjatʹ)
• Sanskrit: जामातृ (sa) m (jāmātṛ)
• Sardinian: géneru m, génniru m
• Scots: guid-son
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-cèile m, ban-sgoth m, cliamhainn m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зет m

  Roman: zet (sh) m

• Seychellois Creole: zann
• Sicilian: ienniru (scn) m, jenniru (scn) m
• Slovak: zať (sk) m
• Slovene: zet (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pśichodny syn m, źowki cłowjek m, šwigersyn m

• Southern Altai: кӱйӱ (küyü)
• Spanish: yerno (es) m

  Old Spanish: yerno

• Svan: ჩი̄ჟე (čīže)
• Swedish: svärson (sv) c, måg (sv) c
• Tagalog: lalaking manugang
• Taos: tàʼána, ȕʼúna
• Telugu: అల్లుడు (te) (alluḍu)
• Thai: ลูกเขย (th) (lûuk-kə̌əi)
• Turkish: güvey (tr), damat (tr)
• Ukrainian: зять m (zjatʹ)
• Venetan: zendro m, zènero, xènero, xènaro (vec), dhènero
• Vietnamese: rể (vi), con rể
• Vilamovian: adum
• Volapük: lüson (vo)
• Welsh: mab-yng-nghyfraith m, daw m
• Zazaki: zama (diq) m