- Afrikaans: skoonmoeder
- Albanian: vjehrrë f
- Arabic: حَمَاة f (ḥamāh)
- Armenian: սկեսուր (hy) (skesur) (husband's mother), զոքանչ (hy) (zokʻančʻ) (wife's mother)
- Aromanian: soacrã f
- Asturian: suegra (ast) f
- Avar: якьад (jakkˡʼad)
- Azerbaijani: qayınana
- Bashkir: ҡәйнә (qəynə)
- Basque: amaginarreba (eu)
- Belarusian: свякро́ў f (svjakróŭ), свякру́ха f (svjakrúxa) (husband's mother), це́шча f (cjéšča) (wife's mother)
- Brunei Malay: mama mantua
- Bulgarian: свекъ́рва (bg) f (svekǎ́rva) (husband's mother), тъ́ща (bg) f (tǎ́šta) (wife's mother)
- Burmese: ယောက္ခမ (my) (yaukhka.ma.)
- Catalan: sogra (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 大家 (ta-ke, tā-ke, tōa-kee) (husband's mother), 丈姆 (zh-min-nan) (tiǔⁿ-ḿ, tiūⁿ-ḿ, tiòⁿ-ḿ) (wife's father), 丈姆婆 (zh-min-nan) (tiǔⁿ-ḿ-pô, tiūⁿ-ḿ-pô, tiòⁿ-ḿ-pô) (wife's father)
- Mandarin: 婆婆 (zh) (pópo) (husband's mother), 岳母 (zh) (yuèmǔ) (wife's mother), 丈母娘 (zh) (zhàngmuniáng) (wife's mother)
- Cornish: hweger f
- Crimean Tatar: qaynana
- Czech: tchýně (cs) f, tchyně (cs) f
- Danish: svigermor (da) c
- Dutch: schoonmoeder (nl) f
- Esperanto: bopatrino (eo)
- Estonian: ämm (et)
- Faroese: vermóðir f, vermamma f
- Finnish: anoppi (fi)
- French: belle-mère (fr) f
- Friulian: madone f
- Galician: sogra (gl) f
- Georgian: სიდედრი (sidedri) (wife's mother), დედამთილი (dedamtili) (husband's mother)
- German: Schwiegermutter (de) f, Schwäherin (de) f (obsolete)
- Gooniyandi: marriyali
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 f (swaihrō)
- Greek: πεθερά (el) f (petherá)
- Ancient: πενθερά f (pentherá), (Epic) ἑκυρά f (hekurá)
- Greenlandic: saki
- Hebrew: חָמוֹת (he) f (khamót) (husband's mother), חוֹתֶנֶת (he) f (khoténet) (wife's mother)
- Hindi: सास (hi) f (sās)
- Hungarian: anyós (hu)
- Hunsrik: Schwieghermutter f
- Icelandic: tengdamamma (is) f, tengdamóðir (is) f
- Ido: bomatro (io)
- Ilocano: katugangan a babai
- Indonesian: mertua perempuan, ibu mertua (id)
- Ingrian: ämmä, ämmö
- Interlingua: matre affin
- Irish: máthair chéile
- Italian: suocera (it) f
- Japanese: 姑 (ja) (しゅうとめ, shūtome), 義母 (ja) (ぎぼ, gibo), 義理の母 (giri-no-haha)
- Kaqchikel: alinam
- Kashmiri: ہَش (ks) (haś)
- Khmer: ម្ដាយក្មេក (mdaaykmeek)
- Korean: 시어머니 (ko) (sieomeoni) (husband's mother), 장모 (ko) (jangmo) (wife's mother)
- Krisa: (husband’s mother) sami
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خەسوو (xesû)
- Northern Kurdish: xesû (ku) f
- Ladino: esfuegra, es-huegra, suegra
- Lao: ແມ່ຜົວ (mǣ phūa) (husband's mother), ແມ່ເມັຽ (mǣ mīa) (wife's mother), ສະວະສະລຸ (sa wa sa lu), ສະສຸຣີ (sa su rī), ສັດສຸ (sat su)
- Latin: socrus f, socra
- Lithuanian: uošvė (lt), anyta
- Luxembourgish: Schwéiermamm f
- Macedonian: све́крва (mk) f (svékrva) (husband's mother), те́шта f (téšta), ба́ба (mk) f (bába) (wife's mother)
- Malay: ibu mertua, emak mertua
- Manx: moir 'sy leigh f
- Maori: hungarei, hungawai
- Marathi: सासू f (sāsū)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: ава (ava)
- Middle English: moder in lawe
- Mwani: mukwe
- Norman: belle-méthe f
- Northern Ohlone: 'úqi
- Northern Sami: vuoni, vuonesássa (future)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: svigermor (no) m or f
- Nynorsk: svigermor f, vermor f
- Occitan: sògra (oc) f
- Odia: ଆଈଶାଶୁ (āiśāśu)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: свекрꙑ f (svekry) (husband's mother), тьща f (tĭšta) (wife's mother)
- Old English: sweġer f
- Old Tupi: mendy
- Pashto: خواښې (ps) f
- Pennsylvania German: Schwiegern f, Schwaermammi f, Schwiegermudder f
- Persian: مادرشوهر (fa) (mâdar-šowhar), مادرزن (fa) (mâdar-zan), خشو (fa) (xošu)
- Plautdietsch: Schwiamutta f
- Polish: teściowa (pl) f, świekra (pl) f (archaic; husband's mother)
- Portuguese: sogra (pt) f
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਸੱਸ (pa) f (sassa)
- Shahmukhi: سَسّ f (sass)
- Quechua: aqu (wife's mother), kisma (wife's mother), kiwach (husband's mother)
- Romani: sasuj f
- Romanian: soacră (ro) f, mamă-soacră f
- Russian: свекро́вь (ru) f (svekróvʹ), свекру́ха (ru) f (svekrúxa) (husband's mother), тёща (ru) f (tjóšča) (wife's mother)
- Sanskrit: श्वश्रू (sa) f (śvaśrū)
- Sardinian: socra f
- Scots: guid-mither
- Scottish Gaelic: màthair-chèile
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: свекрва f (husband's mother), ташта f (wife's mother)
- Roman: svekrva (sh) f (husband's mother), tašta (sh) f (wife's mother)
- Seri: (of a male) aaquéect cmaam
- Sicilian: sòggira (scn) f
- Skolt Sami: vueʹn
- Slovak: svokra (sk) f, svekruša f
- Slovene: tašča (sl) f
- Spanish: suegra (es) f
- Old Spanish: suegra
- Swahili: mama mkwe
- Swedish: svärmor (sv) c
- Sylheti: ꠢꠠꠤ (hoṛi)
- Tagalog: biyanang-babae
- Tamil: மாமியார் (ta) (māmiyār)
- Taos: kána
- Tarifit: taḍeggʷart f
- Telugu: అత్త (te) (atta)
- Thai: แม่สามี (mɛ̂ɛ-sǎa-mii) (husband's mother), แม่ยาย (th) (mɛ̂ɛ-yaai) (wife's mother), แม่ผัว (mɛ̂ɛ-pǔua) (husband's mother)
- Tupinambá: (wife’s mother-in-law) mendy, (husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó
- Turkish: kaynana (tr), kayınvalide (tr), hanımanne (tr)
- Turkmen: gaýynene
- Udi: сейне (sejne)
- Ukrainian: свекру́ха f (svekrúxa) (husband's mother), те́ща f (téšča) (wife's mother)
- Uyghur: قېينىنا (qëynina)
- Urdu: ساس f (sās)
- Vietnamese: mẹ chồng (husband's mother), mẹ vợ (vi) (wife's mother)
- Volapük: lümot (vo)
- Võro: ämm
- Welsh: chwegr f, mam yng nghyfraith f
- Yiddish: שוויגער f (shviger)
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