in-law

See also: inlaw and -in-law

EnglishEdit

From -in-law.

in-law (plural in-laws)

(often in the plural) A relative by marriage (or through affinity).
Synonym: affine
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.

relative by marriage

Armenian: խնամի (hy) (xnami)
Azerbaijani: qayın (az), quda (az)
Danish: (in-laws) svigerfamilie c
Dutch: aangetrouwd familielid, schoonfamilie (nl) pl, aanverwant (nl)
Faroese: verfólk n
Finnish: puolison sukulainen
French: membre de la belle-famille (fr) f
German: angeheirateter Verwandter, Anverwandter (de), (collective, informal) Schwiegerfamilie (de), (loosely) Schwager (de)
Greek: (plural) πεθερικά (el) n pl (petheriká)
Italian: parente acquisito m
Kumyk: къайын (qayın)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: хнами (xnamî)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} politicus relativus m
Macedonian: сват m (svat)
Malay: ipar
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

Azerbaijani: quda (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 親家／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)
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