mother-in-law

English

Etymology

From Middle English moder in lawe; equivalent to mother +‎ in +‎ law.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɔː/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɑː/
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Noun

mother-in-law (plural mothers-in-law)

The mother of one's spouse.
A mother-in-law apartment.
(dated) A stepmother.

Derived terms

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Translations

spouse’s mother

Afrikaans: skoonmoeder
Albanian: vjehrrë f
Arabic: حَمَاة‎ f (ḥamāh)
Armenian: սկեսուր (hy) (skesur) (husband's mother), զոքանչ (hy) (zokʿančʿ) (wife's mother)
Aromanian: soacrã f
Asturian: suegra (ast) f
Azerbaijani: qayınana
Bashkir: ҡәйнә (qäynä)
Basque: amaginarreba (eu)
Belarusian: свякро́ў f (svjakróŭ), свякро́ва f (svjakróva), свякру́ха f (svjakrúxa) (husband's mother), це́шча f (cjéšča) (wife's mother)
Bulgarian: свекъ̀рва (bg) f (svekǎ̀rva) (husband's mother), тъ̀ща (bg) f (tǎ̀šta) (wife's mother)
Burmese: ယောက္ခမ (my) (yaukhka.ma.)
Catalan: sogra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 婆婆 (zh) (pópo) (husband's mother), 岳母 (zh) (yuèmǔ) (wife's mother)

Min Nan: 大家 (ta-ke, tā-ke, tōa-kee) (husband's mother), 丈姆 (zh-min-nan) (tiǔⁿ-ḿ, tiūⁿ-ḿ, tiòⁿ-ḿ) (wife's father), 丈姆婆 (zh-min-nan) (tiǔⁿ-ḿ-pô, tiūⁿ-ḿ-pô, tiòⁿ-ḿ-pô) (wife's father)
Cornish: hweger f
Czech: tchýně (cs) f, tchyně (cs) f
Danish: svigermor (da) c
Dutch: schoonmoeder (nl) f
Esperanto: bopatrino (eo)
Estonian: ämm (et)
Faroese: vermóðir f, vermamma f
Finnish: anoppi (fi)
French: belle-mère (fr) f
Friulian: madone f
Galician: sogra (gl) f
Georgian: სიდედრი (sidedri) (wife's mother), დედამთილი (dedamtili) (husband's mother)
German: Schwiegermutter (de) f, Schwäherin f (obsolete)
Gooniyandi: marriyali
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 f (swaihrō)
Greek: πεθερά (el) f (petherá)
Ancient: πενθερά f (pentherá)
Greenlandic: saki
Hebrew: חָמוֹת‎ (he) f (khamót) (husband's mother), חוֹתֶנֶת‎ (he) f (khoténet) (wife's mother)
Hindi: सास (hi) f (sās)
Hungarian: anyós (hu)
Hunsrik: Schwieghermutter f
Icelandic: tengdamamma (is) f
Ido: bomatro (io)
Indonesian: mertua perempuan, ibu mertua (id)
Interlingua: matre affin
Irish: máthair chéile
Italian: suocera (it) f
Japanese: 姑 (ja) (しゅうとめ, shūtome), 義母 (ja) (ぎぼ, gibo)
Kaqchikel: alinam
Korean: 시어머니 (ko) (sieomeoni), 장모 (ko) (jangmo) (wife's mother)
Krisa: (husband’s mother) sami
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: xesû (ku) f

Sorani: خه‌سو‎ (xesu)
Lao: ແມ່ຜົວ (mǣ phūa) (husband's mother), ແມ່ເມັຽ (mǣ mīa) (wife's mother), ສະວະສະລຸ (sa wa sa lu), ສະສຸຣີ (sa su rī), ສັດສຸ (sat su)

Latin: socrus f
Lithuanian: uošvė (lt), anyta
Luxembourgish: Schwéiermamm f
Macedonian: све́крва f (svékrva) (husband's mother), те́шта f (téšta), ба́ба f (bába) (wife's mother)
Malay: ibu mertua, emak mertua
Manx: moir 'sy leigh f
Maori: hungarei, hungawai
Marathi: सासू f (sāsū)
Middle English: moder in lawe
Mwani: mukwe
Norman: belle-méthe f
Northern Sami: vuoni, vuonesássa (future)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigermor (no) m or f

Nynorsk: svigermor f, vermor f
Occitan: sògra (oc) f
Old English: sweġer f
Oriya: ଆଈଶାଶୁ (āīśāśu)
Persian: مادرشوهر‎ (fa) (mâdar-šouhar), مادرزن‎ (fa) (mâdar-zan), خشو‎ (fa) (xošu)
Plautdietsch: Schwiamutta f
Polish: teściowa (pl) f, świekra (pl) f (archaic; husband's mother)
Portuguese: sogra (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸੱਸ (pa) f (sass)
Quechua: aqu (wife's mother), kisma (wife's mother), kiwach (husband's mother)
Romanian: soacră (ro) f
Russian: свекро́вь (ru) f (svekróvʹ), свекру́ха (ru) f (svekrúxa) (husband's mother), тёща (ru) f (tjóšča) (wife's mother)
Sardinian: socra f
Scots: guid-mither
Scottish Gaelic: màthair-chèile
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: свекрва f (husband's mother), ташта f (wife's mother)

Roman: svekrva (sh) f (husband's mother), tašta (sh) f (wife's mother)
Seri: (of a male) aaquéect cmaam
Skolt Sami: vueʹn
Slovak: svokra (sk) f, svekruša f
Slovene: tašča (sl) f
Spanish: suegra (es) f
Swedish: svärmor (sv) c
Tagalog: biyanang-babae
Tamil: மாமியார் (ta) (māmiyār)
Taos: kána
Telugu: అత్త (te) (atta)
Thai: แม่สามี (mɛ̂ɛ-sǎa-mii) (husband's mother), แม่ยาย (th) (mɛ̂ɛ-yaai) (wife's mother), แม่ผัว (mɛ̂ɛ-pǔua) (husband's mother)
Tupinambá: (wife’s mother-in-law) mendy, (husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó
Turkish: kaynana (tr), kayınvalide (tr), hanımanne (tr)
Turkmen: gaýynene
Ukrainian: свекру́ха f (svekrúxa) (husband's mother), те́ща f (téšča) (wife's mother)
Vietnamese: mẹ chồng (husband's mother), mẹ vợ (wife's mother)
Volapük: lümot (vo)
Võro: ämm
Welsh: chwegr f, mam yng nghyfraith f
Yiddish: שוויגער‎ f (shviger)

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