Meanings
plural sons-in-law · colloquial nonstandard plural son-in-laws · alternative rare soninlaw
- The husband of one's child.
A man in Salvage, N.L., is being called a 'miracle man' by some residents in the community for lifting a vehicle off his son-in-law, but he says he's no hero.
2013 July 19, “72-year-old N.L. 'superman' lifts SUV off son-in-law”, in CBC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 20231 more example
12 ¶ And the men said vnto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? sonne in law, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring them out of this place. 13 For we will destroy this place, because the crie of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD: and the LORD hath sent vs to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get yee out of this place: for the LORD wil destroy this citie: but hee seemed as one that mocked, vnto his sonnes in law.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 19:12–14
Origin
- Middle Englishsone in lawe
- Englishson-in-law
From Middle English sone in lawe; equivalent to son + -in-law.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek γαμβρός
- γαμβρός (gambrós)son-in-law
Arabic زَوْج اَلاِبْنَة, صِهْر
- زَوْج اَلاِبْنَة (zawj al-ibna)son-in-law
- صِهْر (ṣihr)son-in-law
- خَتَن (ḵatan)son-in-law
Bengali জামাই, দামাদ
- জামাই (jamai)son-in-law
- দামাদ (damad)son-in-law
Bulgarian зет
- зет (zet)son-in-law
Catalan gendre
- gendreson-in-law
Chinese Cantonese 女婿
- 女婿 (neoi⁵ sai³)son-in-law
Chinese Mandarin 女婿, 婿
- 女婿 (nǚxu)son-in-law
- 婿 (xù)son-in-law
Czech zeť
- zeťson-in-law
Danish svigersøn
- svigersønson-in-law
Dutch schoonzoon
- schoonzoonson-in-law
Estonian väimees
- väimeesson-in-law
Finnish vävy
- vävyson-in-law
French beau-fils, gendre
- beau-filsson-in-law
- gendreson-in-law
German Schwiegersohn, Tochtermann
- Schwiegersohnson-in-law
- Tochtermannson-in-law
- Eidamson-in-law
Greek γαμπρός
- γαμπρός (gamprós)son-in-law
Hebrew חָתָן
- חָתָן (khatan)son-in-law
Hindi दामाद, जमाई
- दामाद (dāmād)son-in-law
- जमाई (jamāī)son-in-law
Hungarian vő, vej
- vőson-in-law
- vejson-in-law
Icelandic tengdasonur
- tengdasonurson-in-law
Indonesian menantu laki-laki, menantu
- menantu laki-lakison-in-law
- menantuson-in-law
Irish cliamhain
- cliamhainson-in-law
Italian genero
- generoson-in-law
Japanese 婿
- 婿 (muko)son-in-law
Korean 사위
- 사위 (sawi)son-in-law
Latin gener
- generson-in-law
Latvian znots
- znotsson-in-law
Lithuanian žentas
- žentasson-in-law
Māori hunaonga, hunōnga
- hunaongason-in-law
- hunōngason-in-law
Norwegian måg
- mågson-in-law
Norwegian Bokmål svigersønn
- svigersønnson-in-law
Persian داماد
- داماد (dâmâd)son-in-law
Polish zięć
- zięćson-in-law
Portuguese genro
- genroson-in-law
Punjabi ਜਵਾਈ, ਦਾਮਾਦ
- ਜਵਾਈ (javāī)son-in-law
- ਦਾਮਾਦ (dāmād)son-in-law
Romanian ginere
- ginereson-in-law
Russian зять
- зять (zjatʹ)son-in-law
Scottish Gaelic mac-cèile, ban-sgoth
- mac-cèileson-in-law
- ban-sgothson-in-law
- cliamhainnson-in-law
Slovak zať
- zaťson-in-law
Spanish yerno
- yernoson-in-law
Swedish svärson, måg
- svärsonson-in-law
- mågson-in-law
Tagalog lalaking manugang
- lalaking manugangson-in-law
Tamil மருமகன்
- மருமகன் (marumakaṉ)son-in-law
Thai ลูกเขย
- ลูกเขย (lûuk-kə̌əi)son-in-law
Turkish güvey, damat
- güveyson-in-law
- damatson-in-law
- güveyison-in-law
Ukrainian зять
- зять (zjatʹ)son-in-law
Vietnamese rể, con rể
- rểson-in-law
- con rểson-in-law
Welsh mab-yng-nghyfraith, daw
- mab-yng-nghyfraithson-in-law
- dawson-in-law
Cite this entry
son-in-law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/son-in-law
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