aunt-in-law

noun

The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).

Meanings

nounaunt-in-law (plural aunts-in-law)

plural aunts-in-law

  1. The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).

    Between uncle and aunt-in-law, or uncle's wife, you have a connection of affinity, and you have the same between aunt and uncle-in-law, or aunt's wife. [sic]

    1871, William Lindsay, Inquiry into the Christian law, as to the relationships which bar marriage, page 86
  2. The aunt of one's spouse.
    1. The aunt of one's husband.

      2009 August 28, contributor, Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki Petunia would later become an aunt-in-law to Harry's wife Ginevra Weasley and a great-aunt to Harry and Ginny's three children; James Sirius, Albus Severus,

    2. The aunt of one's wife.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Finnish sedän vaimo, enon vaimo
  • sedän vaimowife of one's uncle
  • enon vaimowife of one's uncle
  • tädin vaimowife of one's aunt
  • aviomiehen tätiaunt of one's husband
  • vaimon tätiaunt of one's wife
French tante par alliance, tante par alliance
  • tante par alliancewife of one's uncle
  • tante par alliancewife of one's aunt
  • belle-tanteaunt of one's husband
  • belle-tanteaunt of one's wife
German Schwiegertante, Schwiegertante
  • Schwiegertantewife of one's uncle
  • Schwiegertantewife of one's aunt
  • Schwiegertanteaunt of one's husband
  • Schwiegertanteaunt of one's wife
Hindi चाची, ताई
  • चाची (cācī)wife of one's uncle
  • ताई (tāī)wife of one's uncle
  • मामी (māmī)wife of one's uncle
  • चचिया सास (caciyā sās)aunt of one's husband
  • ममिया सास (mamiyā sās)aunt of one's husband
  • चचिया सास (caciyā sās)aunt of one's wife
  • ममिया सास (mamiyā sās)aunt of one's wife
Russian тётя
  • тётя (tjótja)wife of one's uncle
Swedish svärfaster, svärmoster
  • svärfasterwife of one's uncle
  • svärmosterwife of one's uncle
  • svärfasterwife of one's aunt
  • svärmosterwife of one's aunt
  • svärfasteraunt of one's husband
  • svärmosteraunt of one's husband
  • svärfasteraunt of one's wife
  • svärmosteraunt of one's wife
Turkish yenge, enişte
  • yengewife of one's uncle
  • eniştewife of one's aunt
Vietnamese bác, bác gái
  • bácwife of one's uncle
  • bác gáiwife of one's uncle
  • thímwife of one's uncle
  • mợwife of one's uncle
Cite this entry
APA

aunt-in-law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aunt-in-law

MLA

“aunt-in-law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aunt-in-law. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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