-in-law

-in-law

See also: inlaw and in-law

English

Etymology

Back-formation from mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, etc.

Adjective

-in-law (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) Related through marriage.

   cousin-in-law

Translations

related through marriage

Chinese: Mandarin: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms) Danish: sviger- Dutch: schoon- (nl) Esperanto: bo- Faroese: ver- French: beau- (fr) m, belle- (fr) f German: schwieger- Ido: bo- Japanese: 義理の (ja) (ぎりの, giri no) Malay: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms)

Norwegian: Bokmål: sviger- (no) Nynorsk: sviger- Russian: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms), со стороны́ му́жа/жены́ (so storoný múža/žený) Scottish Gaelic: -cèile Spanish: político (es) Swedish: svär- (sv) Taos: mą̀ku- Turkish: kayın- Volapük: lü- (vo) Welsh: -yng-nghyfraith

Anagrams

• Alwin, Wilna, winal