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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: father in law

English

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Alternative forms

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• father in law

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː/

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Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:father-in-lawWikipedia

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

1. One's spouse's father.
2. (obsolete) 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

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• co-father-in-law (uncommon)
• stepfather-in-law

Related terms

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

Translations

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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 (my) (yaukhka.hti:) Catalan: sogre (ca) m Chinese: Hokkien: 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) Mandarin: 公公 (zh) (gōnggong) (husband's father), 岳父 (zh) (yuèfù) (wife's father), 嫜 (zh) (zhāng) (wife's father) Chuvash: хуняҫа (hunjaś̬a) 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 (aťavt) (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 Greek: 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) Khmer: ឪពុកក្មេក (ʼŏupŭkkmék) Korean: 시아버지 (ko) (siabeoji) (husband's father), 장인 (ko) (jang'in) (wife's father) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خەزوور (ckb) (xezûr) Northern Kurdish: xezûr (ku) m Lao: ພໍ່ຜົວ (phǭ phūa) (husband's father), ພໍ່ເມັຽ (phǭ mīa) (wife's father), ສະວະສູລະ (sa wa sū la), ສວະສູຣະ (s sū ra), ສະສຸຣະ (sa su ra), ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ (phǭ thao) Latin: socer m, patraster m Latvian: ap' Livonian: mīeizā, naizizā Luxembourgish: Schwéierpapp m Macedonian: свекор (mk) m (svekor), тест (mk) m (test) Malay: bapa mertua, ayah mertua Manx: ayr 'sy leigh m Māori: hungarei, hungawai Marathi: सासरा m (sāsrā) Mari: Eastern Mari: ача (ača) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хадам аав (xadam aav) Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠮᠠᠪᠤ (qadam abu) Mwani: mukwe Norman: bieau-péthe m Norwegian: Bokmål: svigerfar (no) m Nynorsk: svigerfar m, verfar m Occitan: sògre (oc) m Odia: ଶ୍ୱଶୁର (or) (śwaśura) Ohlone: Northern Ohlone: menék Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: свекръ m (svekrŭ) (husband's father), тьсть (tĭstĭ) (wife's father) Old English: swēor m Papiamentu: suegu Pashto: سخر (ps) m Pennsylvania German: Schwaer m, Schwaerdaadi m, Schwiegervadder m Persian: پدرشوهر (fa) (pedar-šowhar) (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 Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਸੁਹਰਾ (pa) m (suhrā), ਸੁਸਰ (pa) m (susar), ਖ਼ੁਸਰ m (xusar) Shahmukhi: سَوہرا m (sauhrā), سُسَر m (susar), خُسَر m (xusar) 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) Sami: Northern Sami: vuohppa, vuohppasássa (future) 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) Latin: svekar (sh) m (husband's father), punac (sh) m (wife's father) Seri: (of a male) aaquéect ctam Sicilian: sòggiru (scn) m Slovak: svokor m, tesť (sk) m (wife's father) Slovene: tast (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: pśichodny nan m Upper Sorbian: přichodny nan m Spanish: suegro (es) m Swahili: baba mkwe Swedish: svärfar (sv) c Sylheti: ꠢꠃꠞ (hour) Tagalog: biyanang-lalaki Tamil: மாமனார் (ta) (māmaṉār) Tanana: Lower Tanana: -to' nelanenh Taos: tǫ̏ména Tarifit: aḍeggʷar m Tetum: banin Thai: พ่อผัว (pɔ̂ɔ-pǔua) (husband's father), พ่อสามี (husband's father), พ่อตา (th) (pɔ̂ɔ-dtaa) (wife's father) Tigre: ሐም (ḥäm) 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) Urdu: سَسُر (ur) m (sasur), سُسَر (ur) m (susar) (Punjabic), خُسَر m (xusar) Venetan: misiero m, misiere m, mesiere Vietnamese: cha chồng, cha vợ Volapük: lüfat (vo) Võro: äi Votic: äjje Welsh: chwegrwn m, tad yng nghyfraith m Woiwurrung: (please verify) kondo'lang'o, (please verify) gonlilang Yiddish: שווער m (shver) Zazaki: vıstewre (diq)

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