From Middle English sone in lawe ; equivalent to son + -in-law .
son -in-law (plural sons-in-law or ( colloquial, nonstandard ) son-in-laws )
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 .
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 )
Venetian: 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