father-in-law

father-in-law

See also: father in law

English

Alternative forms

• father in law

Etymology

From Middle English fader in lawe, fadyr-in-lay, fader yn lawe, equivalent to father +‎ -in-law.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː/

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Noun

father-in-law (plural fathers-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) father-in-laws)

1. One's spouse's father.
2. (dated) A stepfather.
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, chapter IV, in Nicholas Nickleby, →ISBN, page 41:

     `Yes,` replied Snawley. `The fact is, I am not their father, Mr Squeers. I'm only their father-in-law.`

Derived terms

• co-father-in-law (uncommon)

Related terms

• brother-in-law
• daughter-in-law
• mother-in-law
• sister-in-law
• son-in-law

Translations

one's spouse's father

Afrikaans: skoonpa Albanian: vjehërr (sq) m Arabic: حَم‎ m (ḥam) Aramaic: חמא‎ Armenian: (husband's father) սկեսրայր (hy) (skesrayr), (wife's father) աներ (hy) (aner) Aromanian: socru m Asturian: suegru (ast) m Avar: вакьад (wakkˡʼad) Azerbaijani: qayınata Basque: aitaginarreba (eu) Belarusian: свёкар m (svjókar) (husband's father), цесць m (cjescʹ) (wife's father) Bulgarian: све́кър (bg) m (svékǎr) (husband's father), тъст (bg) m (tǎst) (wife's father) Burmese: ယောက္ခထီး (yaukhka.hti:) Catalan: sogre (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 公公 (zh) (gōnggong) (husband's father), 岳父 (zh) (yuèfù) (wife's father), 嫜 (zh) (zhāng) (wife's father) Min Nan: 大官 (zh-min-nan) (ta-kuaⁿ, tā-kuaⁿ, tōa-kuaⁿ)(husband's father), 丈人 (tiǔⁿ-lâng, tiūⁿ-lâng, tiòⁿ-lâng) (wife's father), 丈人公 (tiǔⁿ-lâng-kong, tiūⁿ-lâng-kong, tiòⁿ-lâng-kong) (wife's father) Cornish: hwegron m Crimean Tatar: qaynata Czech: tchán (cs) m, svekr m (husband's father, archaic) Danish: svigerfar (da) c Dutch: schoonvader (nl) m Erzya: атявт (atjavt) (husbands's father), вата (vata) (wife's father) Esperanto: bopatro Estonian: äi (et) Ewe: to Faroese: verfaðir m Fataluku: painu Finnish: appi (fi) French: beau-père (fr) m Friulian: missêr m, suesar m Galician: sogro (gl) m Georgian: სიმამრი (simamri) (wife's father), მამამთილი (mamamtili) (husbands's father) German: Schwiegervater (de) m, Schwäher (de) m (obsolete) Gooniyandi: lambadi Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐌰 m (swaihra) Greek: πεθερός (el) (petherós) Ancient: πενθερός m (pentherós), (Epic) ἑκυρός m (hekurós) Greenlandic: sakeq Hebrew: חָם‎ (he) m (khám) (husband's father), חוֹתֵן‎ (he) m (khotén) (wife's father) Hindi: ससुर (hi) m (sasur), समधी (hi) m (samdhī) Hungarian: após (hu) Hunsrik: Schwiegherfatter m Icelandic: tengdapabbi (is) m Ido: bopatro (io) Ilocano: katugangan a lalaki Indonesian: ayah mertua (id), bapak mertua Ingrian: äijä Interlingua: patre affin Irish: athair céile Italian: suocero (it) m Japanese: 義父 (ja) (ぎふ, gifu), 岳父 (ja) (がくふ, gakufu) (husband's father), 舅 (ja) (しゅうと, shūto) Jeju: 가시아방 (gasiabang) (of a man) Kashmiri: ہِہُر‎ (ks) (hihur), ہیُٛہُر‎ (ks) (hyuhur) Korean: 시아버지 (ko) (siabeoji) (husband's father), 장인 (ko) (jang'in) (wife's father) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خەزور‎ (xezur) Lao: ພໍ່ຜົວ (phǭ phūa) (husband's father), ພໍ່ເມັຽ (phǭ mīa) (wife's father), ສະວະສູລະ (sa wa sū la), ສວະສູຣະ (s wa sū ra), ສະສຸຣະ (sa su ra), ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ (phǭ thao) Latin: socer m, patraster m Latvian: ap' Livonian: mīeizā, naizizā Luxembourgish: Schwéierpapp m Macedonian: свекор m (svekor), тест (mk) m (test) Malay: bapa mertua, ayah mertua Manx: ayr 'sy leigh m Maori: hungarei, hungawai Marathi: सासरा m (sāsrā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хадам аав (xadam aav) Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠮ ᠠᠪᠤ (qadam abu) Mwani: mukwe Norman: bieau-péthe m Northern Ohlone: menék Northern Sami: vuohppa, vuohppasássa (future) Norwegian: Bokmål: svigerfar (no) m Nynorsk: svigerfar m, verfar m Occitan: sògre (oc) m Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: свекръ m (svekrŭ) (husband's father), тьсть (tĭstĭ) (wife's father) Old English: swēor m Oriya: ଶ୍ୱଶୁର (or) (śwôśurô) Papiamentu: suegu Pashto: سخر‎ (ps) m Pennsylvania German: Schwaer m, Schwaerdaadi m, Schwiegervadder m Persian: پدرشوهر‎ (fa) (pedar-šouhar) (husband's father), پدرزن‎ (fa) (pedar-zan) (wife's father), خسر‎ (fa) (xosor) Plautdietsch: Schwiavoda m Polish: teść (pl) m pers, świekier (pl) m pers (archaic; husband's father) Portuguese: sogro (pt) m Quechua: kaka (wife's father), kiwachi (husband's father) Romani: sastro m Romanian: socru (ro) m Russian: свёкор (ru) m (svjókor), свёкр m (svjokr) (husband's father), тесть (ru) m (testʹ) (wife's father) Sanskrit: श्वशुर (sa) m (śvaśura) Sardinian: socru m, sogru m Scots: guid-faither Scottish Gaelic: athair-cèile m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свекар m (husband's father), пунац m (wife's father) Roman: svekar (sh) m (husband's father), punac (sh) m (wife's father) Seri: (of a male) aaquéect ctam Sicilian: soggiru (scn) m Slovak: svokor m, tesť m (wife's father) Slovene: tast (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: pśichodny nan m Upper Sorbian: přichodny nan m Spanish: suegro (es) m Swahili: babamkwe (sw) Swedish: svärfar (sv) c Sylheti: ꠢꠃꠞ (hour) Tagalog: biyanang-lalaki Tamil: மாமனார் (ta) (māmaṉār) Taos: tǫ̏ména Tetum: banin Thai: พ่อผัว (pɔ̂ɔ-pǔua) (husband's father), พ่อสามี (husband's father), พ่อตา (th) (pɔ̂ɔ-dtaa) (wife's father) Tigre: ሐም (ḥäm) Tupinambá: (wife’s father-in-law) (please verify) menduba, (t-) (please verify) atu'uba (husband’s father-in-law) Turkish: kaynata (tr), kayınbaba (tr), kayınpeder (tr) Turkmen: gaýynata Udi: сейде (sejde) Ukrainian: све́кор m (svékor) (husband's father), тесть m (testʹ) (wife's father) Venetian: misiero m, misiere m, mesiere Vietnamese: cha chồng, cha vợ Volapük: lüfat (vo) Votic: äijä Võro: äi Welsh: chwegrwn m, tad yng nghyfraith m Yiddish: שווער‎ m (shver) Zazaki: vıstewre (diq)