in-law

See also: inlaw and -in-law

English

Alternative forms

• inlaw

Etymology

Back-formation from -in-law.

Noun

in-law (plural in-laws)

1. (often in the plural) A relative by marriage (or through affinity).

   Synonym: affine

   • 2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo, level/area: Piklopedia:

     Louie: 'Neither boiling nor baking can diminish this creature's overpowering musky scent. Only suitable for serving to unpleasant in-laws.'

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
• in-lawhood
• in-law suite

Translations

relative by marriage

• Armenian: խնամի (hy) (xnami)
• Azerbaijani: qayın (az), quda (az)
• Cebuano: umagad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 姻親 / 姻亲 (zh) (yīnqīn)

• 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)
• Ingrian: lanko
• Italian: parente acquisito m
• Kapampangan: manuyang
• Kumyk: къайын (qayın)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: хнами (xnamî), xizm (ku) m or f

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} politicus relativus m
• Macedonian: сват (mk) 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: pariente (político) m, familia política f
• Swahili: shemeji (sw), mkwe (sw)
• Swedish: släkting genom giftermål, ingift (sv)
• Tagalog: manugang (tl)
• 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)
• Ingrian: lanko
• 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, liwan, winal