son-in-law

English

Alternative forms

(rare) soninlaw
(Exmoor dial.): zinnila

Etymology

From Middle English sone in lawe; equivalent to son +‎ -in-law.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnɪnˌlɔː/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

son -in-law (plural sons-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) son-in-laws)

The husband of one's child.

Derived terms

live-in son-in-law

Related terms

Translations

son-in-law

Albanian: dhëndër (sq) m
Andi: нусо (nuso)
Arabic: زَوْج اَلاِبْنَة‎ m (zawj al-ibna), صِهْر‎ (ar) m (ṣihr)
Archi: нусду (nusdu)
Armenian: փեսա (hy) (pʿesa)
Aromanian: dziniri m, dzinire m
Asturian: xenru (ast) m, xenral (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yeznə (az), kürəkən (az), giyəv (dialectal), dadı (dialectal)
Bats: სიძე̂ (siʒê)
Belarusian: зяць m (zjacʹ)
Bengali: দামাদ (bn) (damad)
Breton: mab-kaer (br) m, deuñv (br) m
Bulgarian: зет (bg) m (zet)
Burmese: သမက် (my) (sa.mak)
Catalan: gendre (ca) m
Chechen: нуц (nuc)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 女婿 (neoi⁵ sai³)

Hakka: 婿郎 (se-lòng)

Mandarin: 女婿 (zh) (nǚxu), 婿 (zh) (xù)

Min Nan: 囝婿 (káⁿ-sài, kiáⁿ-sài), 半子 (poàn-chír, poàn-chú), 女婿 (lír-sài, lí-sài, lú-sài)
Cornish: deuv m
Czech: zeť (cs) m
Danish: svigersøn (da) c
Dutch: schoonzoon (nl) m
Estonian: väimees (et)
Faroese: versonur m, dóttursonur m
Finnish: vävy (fi)
French: beau-fils (fr) m, gendre (fr) m
Friulian: zinar m, ginar m
Galician: xenro (gl) m
Georgian: სიძე (siʒe)
German: Schwiegersohn (de) m, Tochtermann (de) m (archaic), Eidam (de) m (archaic)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 m (mēgs)
Greek: γαμπρός (el) m (gamprós)
Ancient: γαμβρός m (gambrós)
Guugu Yimidhirr: biidyirr (of a female), ngalaadhin (of a male)
Hebrew: חָתָן‎ (he) m (khatan)
Hindi: दामाद (hi) m (dāmād), जमाई (hi) m (jamāī)
Hungarian: vő (hu), (colloquial) vej (hu)
Hunsrik: Schwieghersohn m
Ido: bofiliulo (io)
Indonesian: menantu laki-laki, menantu (id)
Ingush: найц (najc)
Irish: cliamhain m
Italian: genero (it) m
Japanese: 婿 (ja) (むこ, muko)
Kabuverdianu: jénru
Kannada: ಅಳಿಯ (kn) (aḷiya)
Kashmiri: زامتُر‎ (zāmtur)
Korean: 사위 (ko) (sawi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: zava (ku) m
Ladino: yerno
Latin: gener (la) m
Latvian: znots (lv) m
Laz: სიჯა (sica)
Lithuanian: žentas m
Luxembourgish: Eedem m
Macedonian: зет m (zet)
Manx: cleuin m
Maori: hunaonga, hunōnga
Mazanderani: زاما‎ (zāmā) (Tonekabon)
Middle English: sone in lawe
Mingrelian: სინჯა (sinǯa)
Nanai: аоси
Navajo: aadaaní (male speaker), doishʼíinii (female speaker), doo yooʼíinii (wife's mother speaking)
Norman: bieau-fis m
Norwegian: måg
Bokmål: svigersønn (no) m

Nynorsk: svigerson m
Occitan: gendre (oc) m
Old English: āþum m
Oriya: ଜ୍ୱାଇଁ (jwaim̐)
Ossetian: сиахс (siaxs)
Pashto: زوم‎ (ps) m
Pennsylvania German: Schwiegersoh m
Persian: داماد‎ (fa) (dâmâd)
Plautdietsch: Schwiasän m
Polabian: ząt m
Polish: zięć (pl) m pers
Portuguese: genro (pt) m
Punjabi: ਜਵਾਈ m (javāī), ਦਾਮਾਦ m (dāmād)
Romani: ʒamutro m
Romanian: ginere (ro) m
Russian: зять (ru) m (zjatʹ)
Sanskrit: जामातृ (sa) m (jāmātṛ)
Sardinian: géneru m, génniru m
Scots: guid-son
Scottish Gaelic: mac-cèile m, ban-sgoth m, cliamhainn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зет m

Roman: zet (sh) m
Seychellois Creole: zann
Sicilian: ienniru (scn) m, jenniru (scn) m
Slovak: zať (sk) m
Slovene: zet (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pśichodny syn m, źowki cłowjek m, šwigersyn m
Southern Altai: кӱйӱ (küyü)
Spanish: yerno (es) m
Old Spanish: yerno
Svan: ჩი̄ჟე (čīže)
Swedish: svärson (sv) c, måg (sv) c
Tagalog: lalaking manugang
Taos: tà’ána, ȕ’úna
Telugu: అల్లుడు (te) (alluḍu)
Thai: ลูกเขย (th) (lûuk-kə̌əi)
Turkish: güvey (tr), damat (tr)
Ukrainian: зять m (zjatʹ)
Venetian: zendro m, zènero, xènero, xènaro (vec), dhènero
Vietnamese: rể (vi), con rể
Vilamovian: adum
Volapük: lüson (vo)
Welsh: mab-yng-nghyfraith m, daw m
Zazaki: zama (diq) m

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