daughter-in-law

English

Etymology

From Middle English douȝter in lawe; equivalent to daughter +‎ -in-law.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)ɪnˌlɔː/

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Noun

daughter-in-law (plural daughters-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) daughter-in-laws)

2. The wife of one's child.
   • 2024 November 17, Howie Klein, “A Plurality Of American Voters Have Embraced Kakistocracy As Their Preferred Form Of Governance”, in DownWithTyranny‎^[1]:

     And we can watch how that plays out as Trump attempts to get his daughter-in-law, Lara, into the U.S. Senate.

Synonyms

• bahu (South Asia)

Related terms

• brother-in-law
• father-in-law
• mother-in-law
• sister-in-law
• son-in-law

Translations

wife of one's child

• Adyghe: нысэ (nəsɛ)
• Albanian: nuse (sq) f
• Andi: нуса (nusa)
• Arabic: زَوْجَة اَلاِبْن f (zawjat al-ibn)
• Archi: нусдур (nusdur)
• Armenian: հարս (hy) (hars)
• Aromanian: norã f, nor (roa-rup)
• Assamese: বোৱাৰী (büari)
• Asturian: nuera (ast) f, ñuera (ast) f
• Avar: нус (nus)
• Azerbaijani: gəlin (az)
• Bactrian: ασνωυο (asnōuo)
• Bashkir: килен (kilen)
• Belarusian: няве́стка f (njavjéstka)
• Bhojpuri: पतोह (patōh)
• Breton: merc'h-kaer (br) f, merc'heg f
• Bulgarian: снаха́ (bg) f (snahá)
• Burmese: ချွေးမ (my) (hkywe:ma.)
• Catalan: nora (ca) f
• Chechen: нус (nus)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新婦 / 新妇 (yue) (san¹ pou⁵, sam¹ pou⁵), 媳婦 / 媳妇 (sik¹ fu⁵) (formal)

  Hakka: 心臼 (sîm-khiû)

  Hokkien: 新婦 / 新妇 (zh-min-nan) (sin-pū, sin-pǔ, sim-pū), 囝新婦 / 囝新妇 (kiáⁿ-sin-pū, káⁿ-sin-pǔ, kiáⁿ-sim-pū)

  Mandarin: 媳婦 / 媳妇 (zh) (xífù), 兒媳 / 儿媳 (zh) (érxí), 兒媳婦 / 儿媳妇 (zh) (érxífù)

• Chuvash: кин (kin)
• Cornish: gohydh f
• Czech: snacha (cs) f
• Danish: svigerdatter (da) c
• Dutch: schoondochter (nl) f
• Erzya: урьва (uŕva)
• Esperanto: bofilino
• Estonian: minia (et)
• Ewe: lɔ̃xoyɔvi
• Faroese: verdóttir f
• Finnish: miniä (fi)
• French: bru (fr) f, belle-fille (fr) f
• Friulian: brût, nore f
• Galician: nora (gl) f
• Georgian: რძალი (rʒali)
• German: Schwiegertochter (de) f, Schnur (de) f (dialectal, otherwise obsolete))
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 f (bruþs)
• Greek: νύφη (el) f (nýfi), κόρη (el) f (kóri)

  Ancient: νύμφη f (númphē), νυός f (nuós)

• Gujarati: વહુ f (vahu)
• Hebrew: כַּלָּה (he) f (kala)
• Hindi: बहू (hi) (bahū)
• Hungarian: meny (hu)
• Hunsrik: Schwiegherdochter f
• Icelandic: tengdadóttir (is) f
• Ido: bofiliino (io)
• Indonesian: menantu perempuan, menantu (id)
• Ingrian: minjä
• Ingush: нус (nus)
• Irish: iníon-i-ndlí f, banchliamhain m
• Italian: nuora (it) f
• Japanese: 嫁 (ja) (よめ, yome)
• Kabuverdianu: jénra
• Karakalpak: kelin
• Kashmiri: نۄش (ks) (nọś)
• Komi-Zyrian: монь (moń)
• Korean: 며느리 (ko) (myeoneuri)
• Ladino: ermuera f, almuera f, ilmuera f, nuera f
• Latin: nurus f, nura
• Lithuanian: marti (lt) f
• Lombard: nöra f, nœura f
• Macedonian: сна́а f (snáa)
• Malay: menantu perempuan, menantu
• Malayalam: മരുമകൾ (marumakaḷ)
• Manx: 'neen 'sy leigh f, ben chleuin f
• Maori: hunaonga, hunōnga
• Marathi: सून f (sūn)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: ше́шке (šéške)

  Western Mari: шешкӹ (šeškÿ), енгӓ (jengä)

• Megleno-Romanian: noră f
• Mongolian: бэр (mn) (ber)
• Navajo: hazháʼáád
• Neapolitan: nora f, nòra f
• Norman: belle-fil'ye f
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} мань (manʹ)
• Northern Sami: mannji
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svigerdatter (no) m or f, sønnekone m or f

  Nynorsk: svigerdotter f, sonekone f, verdotter f

• Occitan: nòra (oc) f
• Odia: ବଧୂ (or) (badhu)
• Old Assamese: বহাৰী (boharī)
• Old Church Slavonic: снъха (snŭxa), невѣста f (nevěsta)
• Old English: snoru f
• Ossetian: чындз (ḱynʒ), ностӕ (nostæ) (Digor)
• Pashto: ناوې (ps) f, نږور (ps) f
• Pennsylvania German: Schwiegerdochder f
• Persian: سنه (fa) (sonoh), سنهار (sonhâr), عروس (fa) ('arus)
• Plautdietsch: Schwiadochta f
• Polish: synowa (pl) f, snecha (pl) f (dated)
• Portuguese: nora (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਨੂੰਹ f (nū̃h)

  Shahmukhi: نُون٘ہہ f (nūṉh)

• Romagnol: nöra f
• Romani: bori f
• Romanian: noră (ro) f
• Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka) (usually for a mother-in-law), сноха́ (ru) f (snoxá) (for a father-in-law, also)
• Sanskrit: स्नुषा (sa) f (snuṣā)
• Sardinian: nura f
• Scottish Gaelic: bean-mhic f, nighean-chèile f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: снаха f, снаја f

  Roman: snaha (sh) f, snaja (sh) f

• Sicilian: nora (scn) f
• Skolt Sami: mââʹnnj
• Slovak: nevesta (sk) f
• Slovene: snaha (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pśichodna źowka f, syna žeńska f, šwigerźowka f, synowa žeńska f

• Spanish: nuera (es) f
• Swedish: svärdotter (sv) c, sonhustru (sv) c
• Tagalog: babaeng manugang
• Taos: phȉwéna, sə̀oyiʼína
• Tatar: килен (tt) (kilen)
• Telugu: కోడలు (te) (kōḍalu)
• Thai: ลูกสะใภ้ (th) (lûuk-sà-pái)
• Turkish: gelin (tr)
• Udmurt: кен (ken)
• Ukrainian: неві́стка f (nevístka)
• Urdu: بَہُو f (bahū) (son's wife)
• Venetan: nòra (vec) f
• Vietnamese: con dâu, dâu (vi)
• Volapük: lüdaut (vo)
• Welsh: merch-yng-nghyfraith f, gwaudd f, merched yng nghyfraith f pl
• Yiddish: שנור f (shnur)