Meanings
Origin
Translations
Basque aita-amaginarreba
- aita-amaginarrebamother-in-law or father-in-law
Danish svigerforældre
- svigerforældremother-in-law or father-in-law
Finnish appivanhemmat
- appivanhemmatmother-in-law or father-in-law
French beau-parent
- beau-parentmother-in-law or father-in-law
German Schwiegerelternteil
- Schwiegerelternteilmother-in-law or father-in-law
Greek πεθερικά
- πεθερικά (petheriká)mother-in-law or father-in-law
Icelandic tengdaforeldrar
- tengdaforeldrarmother-in-law or father-in-law
Malay mertua
- mertuamother-in-law or father-in-law
Māori hungarei, hungawai
- hungareimother-in-law or father-in-law
- hungawaimother-in-law or father-in-law
Norwegian svigerforeldre
- svigerforeldremother-in-law or father-in-law
Spanish suegra, suegro
- suegramother-in-law or father-in-law
- suegromother-in-law or father-in-law
Swedish svärförälder
- svärföräldermother-in-law or father-in-law
Tagalog biyenan
- biyenanmother-in-law or father-in-law
Cite this entry
APA
parent-in-law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parent-in-law
MLA
“parent-in-law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parent-in-law. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parent-in-law,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parent-in-law.
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