Meanings
plural aunts-in-law
- 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 - The aunt of one's spouse.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
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
aunt-in-law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aunt-in-law
“aunt-in-law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aunt-in-law. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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