daughter-in-law

English

Etymology

From Middle English douȝter in lawe; equivalent to daughter +‎ -in-law.

Pronunciation

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Noun

daughter-in-law (plural daughters-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) daughter-in-laws)

The wife of one's child.

Synonyms

bahu (India)

Related terms

brother-in-law
father-in-law
mother-in-law
sister-in-law
son-in-law

Translations

wife of one's child

Albanian: nuse (sq) f
Andi: нуса (nusa)
Arabic: زَوْجَة اَلاِبْن‎ f (zawjat al-ibn)
Archi: нусдур (nusdur)
Armenian: հարս (hy) (hars)
Aromanian: norã f, nor (roa-rup)
Assamese: বোৱাৰী (büari)
Asturian: nuera (ast) f, ñuera (ast) f
Avar: нус (nus)
Azerbaijani: gəlin (az)
Bactrian: ασνωυο (asnōuo)
Bashkir: килен (kilen)
Belarusian: няве́стка f (njavjéstka)
Breton: merc'h-kaer (br) f, merc'heg f
Bulgarian: снаха́ (bg) f (snahá)
Burmese: ချွေးမ (my) (hkywe:ma.)
Catalan: nora (ca) f
Chechen: нус (nus)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新婦 (yue), 新妇 (san¹ pou⁵, sam¹ pou⁵), 媳婦, 媳妇 (sik¹ fu⁵) (formal)
Hakka: 心臼 (sîm-khiû)
Mandarin: 媳婦／媳妇 (zh), 媳妇 (zh) (xífù), 兒媳／儿媳 (zh), 儿媳 (zh) (érxí), 兒媳婦／儿媳妇 (zh), 儿媳妇 (zh) (érxífù)
Min Nan: 新婦 (zh-min-nan), 新妇 (sin-pū, sin-pǔ, sim-pū), 囝新婦, 囝新妇 (kiáⁿ-sin-pū, káⁿ-sin-pǔ, kiáⁿ-sim-pū)
Chuvash: кин (kin)
Cornish: gohydh f
Czech: snacha (cs) f
Danish: svigerdatter (da) c
Dutch: schoondochter (nl) f
Erzya: урьва (urʹva)
Esperanto: bofilino
Estonian: minia (et)
Ewe: lɔ̃xoyɔvi
Faroese: verdóttir f
Finnish: miniä (fi)
French: bru (fr) f, belle-fille (fr) f
Friulian: brût, nore f
Galician: nora (gl) f
Georgian: რძალი (rʒali)
German: Schwiegertochter (de) f, Schnur (de) f (dialectal, otherwise obsolete))
Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 f (bruþs)
Greek: νύφη (el) f (nýfi), κόρη (el) f (kóri)
Ancient: νύμφη f (númphē), νυός f (nuós)
Hebrew: כַּלָּה‎ (he) f (kala)
Hindi: बहू (hi) (bahū)
Hungarian: meny (hu)
Hunsrik: Schwiegherdochter f
Icelandic: tengdadóttir (is) f
Ido: bofiliino (io)
Indonesian: menantu perempuan, menantu (id)
Ingrian: minjä
Ingush: нус (nus)
Irish: iníon-i-ndlí f, banchliamhain m
Italian: nuora (it) f
Japanese: 嫁 (ja) (よめ, yome)
Kabuverdianu: jénra
Karakalpak: kelin
Kashmiri: نۄش‎‎ (nọś‎)
Komi-Zyrian: монь (monʹ)
Korean: 며느리 (ko) (myeoneuri)
Ladino: ermuera f, almuera f, ilmuera f, nuera f
Latin: nurus f
Lithuanian: marti (lt) f
Lombard: nöra f, nœura f
Macedonian: сна́а f (snáa)
Malay: menantu perempuan, menantu
Malayalam: മരുമകൾ (marumakaḷ)
Mansi: мань (manʹ)
Manx: 'neen 'sy leigh f, ben chleuin f
Maori: hunaonga, hunōnga
Marathi: सून f (sūn)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ше́шке (šéške)
Western Mari: шешкӹ (šeškÿ), енгӓ (jengä)
Mongolian: бэр (mn) (ber)
Navajo: hazháʼáád
Neapolitan: nora f, nòra f
Norman: belle-fil'ye f
Northern Sami: mannji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerdatter (no) m or f, sønnekone m or f
Nynorsk: svigerdotter f, sonekone f, verdotter f
Occitan: nòra (oc) f
Old Assamese: বহাৰী (boharī)
Old Church Slavonic: снъха (snŭxa), невѣста f (nevěsta)
Old English: snoru f
Oriya: ବଧୂ (or) (bôdhu)
Ossetian: чындз (ḱynʒ), ностӕ (nostæ) (Digor)
Pashto: ناوې‎ (ps) f, نږور‎ (ps) f
Pennsylvania German: Schwiegerdochder f
Persian: سنه‎ (fa) (sonoh), سنهار‎ (sonhâr), عروس‎ (fa) (arūs)
Plautdietsch: Schwiadochta f
Polish: synowa (pl) f, snecha (pl) f (dated)
Portuguese: nora (pt) f
Punjabi: ਨੂੰਹ f (nū̃h)
Romagnol: nöra f
Romani: bori f
Romanian: noră (ro) f
Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka) (usually for a mother-in-law), сноха́ (ru) f (snoxá) (for a father-in-law, also)
Sanskrit: स्नुषा (sa) f (snuṣā)
Sardinian: nura f
Scottish Gaelic: bean-mhic f, nighean-chèile f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: снаха f, снаја f
Roman: snaha (sh) f, snaja (sh) f
Sicilian: nora (scn) f
Skolt Sami: mââʹnnj
Slovak: nevesta (sk) f
Slovene: snaha (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pśichodna źowka f, syna žeńska f, šwigerźowka f, synowa žeńska f
Spanish: nuera (es) f
Swedish: svärdotter (sv) c, sonhustru (sv) c
Tagalog: babaeng manugang
Taos: phȉwéna, sə̀oyi’ína
Tatar: килен (tt) (kilen)
Telugu: కోడలు (te) (kōḍalu)
Thai: ลูกสะใภ้ (th) (lûuk-sà-pái)
Turkish: gelin (tr)
Udmurt: кен (ken)
Ukrainian: неві́стка f (nevístka)
Vietnamese: con dâu, dâu (vi)
Volapük: lüdaut (vo)
Welsh: merch-yng-nghyfraith f, gwaudd f, merched yng nghyfraith f pl
Yiddish: שנור‎ f (shnur)