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Definition 2024

-in-law

-in-law

See also: inlaw and in-law

English

Adjective

-in-law ‎(not comparable)

(postpositive) Related through marriage.
cousin-in-law

Translations

related through marriage

Chinese:
Mandarin: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms)
Faroese: ver-
French: beau- (fr) m, belle- (fr) f
German: schwieger-
Japanese: 義理の (ja) ‎(ぎりの, giri no)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: sviger-

Nynorsk: sviger-
Russian: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms), со стороны́ му́жа/жены́ ‎(so storoný múža/žený)
Scottish Gaelic: -cèile
Swedish: svär- (sv)
Taos: mą̀ku-
Turkish: kayın-
Welsh: -yng-nghyfraith