in-law

See also: inlaw and -in-law

English

in-law (plural in-laws) (mainly used in plural)

A relative by marriage (or through affinity). Affinal relative; 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)
Danish: (in-laws) svigerfamilie c
Dutch: aangetrouwd familielid, schoonfamilie (nl) pl, aanverwant (nl)
Finnish: puolison sukulainen
French: membre de la belle-famille (fr) f
German: angeheirateter Verwandter; Anverwandter; (collective, informal) Schwiegerfamilie; (loosely) Schwager
Greek: (plural) πεθερικά (el) n pl (petheriká)
Italian: parente acquisito m
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: хнами (ku) (xnamî)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} politicus relativus m

Macedonian: сват m (svat)
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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 親家 (zh), 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)

father-in-law — see father-in-law

mother-in-law — see mother-in-law

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