Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin socerus, variant of socer, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈswɔ.t͡ʃe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃero
  • Hyphenation: suò‧ce‧ro
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Noun

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suocero m (plural suoceri, feminine suocera)

  1. father-in-law
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References

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  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 31: “il suocero” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it