Meanings
nounchild-in-law (plural children-in-law)
plural children-in-law
- A spouse of one's child; a son-in-law or daughter-in-law
Origin
Translations
Basque suhi-errain
- suhi-errainspouse of one's child
Dutch schoonkind
- schoonkindspouse of one's child
French bel-enfant
- bel-enfantspouse of one's child
German Schwiegerkind
- Schwiegerkindspouse of one's child
Italian genero, nuora
- generospouse of one's child
- nuoraspouse of one's child
Portuguese genro, nora
- genrospouse of one's child
- noraspouse of one's child
Spanish yerno, nuera
- yernospouse of one's child
- nueraspouse of one's child
Swedish svärbarn
- svärbarnspouse of one's child
Tagalog manugang
- manugangspouse of one's child
Turkish gelin, damat
- gelinspouse of one's child
- damatspouse of one's child
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APA
child-in-law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child-in-law
MLA
“child-in-law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child-in-law. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child-in-law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child-in-law.
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