noun
Meaning 1
The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
aunt-in-law
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noun
Meaning 2
The aunt of one's spouse.
The aunt of one's husband.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2009 August 28, contributor, Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki Petunia would later become an aunt-in-law to Harry's wife Ginevra Weasley and a great-aunt to Harry and Ginny's three children; James Sirius, Albus Severus,
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The aunt of one's spouse.
The aunt of one's wife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From aunt + -in-law.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sedän vaimo — wife of one's uncle
- Finnish: enon vaimo — wife of one's uncle
- French: tante par alliance — wife of one's uncle
- German: Schwiegertante — wife of one's uncle
- Hindi: चाची (cācī) — wife of one's uncle
- Hindi: ताई (tāī) — wife of one's uncle
- Hindi: मामी (māmī) — wife of one's uncle
- Ingrian: minni — wife of one's uncle
- Russian: тётя (tjótja) — wife of one's uncle
- Serbo-Croatian: ујна — wife of one's uncle
- Serbo-Croatian: стрина — wife of one's uncle
- Serbo-Croatian: ujna — wife of one's uncle
- Serbo-Croatian: strina — wife of one's uncle
- Swedish: svärfaster — wife of one's uncle
- Swedish: svärmoster — wife of one's uncle
- Tewa: nána — wife of one's uncle
- Turkish: yenge — wife of one's uncle
- Vietnamese: bác — wife of one's uncle
- Vietnamese: bác gái — wife of one's uncle
- Vietnamese: thím — wife of one's uncle
- Vietnamese: mợ — wife of one's uncle
- Finnish: tädin vaimo — wife of one's aunt
- French: tante par alliance — wife of one's aunt
- German: Schwiegertante — wife of one's aunt
- Swedish: svärfaster — wife of one's aunt
- Swedish: svärmoster — wife of one's aunt
- Tewa: nána — wife of one's aunt
- Turkish: enişte — wife of one's aunt
- Finnish: aviomiehen täti — aunt of one's husband
- French: belle-tante — aunt of one's husband
- German: Schwiegertante — aunt of one's husband
- Hindi: चचिया सास (caciyā sās) — aunt of one's husband
- Hindi: ममिया सास (mamiyā sās) — aunt of one's husband
- Swedish: svärfaster — aunt of one's husband
- Swedish: svärmoster — aunt of one's husband
- Tewa: nána — aunt of one's husband
- Finnish: vaimon täti — aunt of one's wife
- French: belle-tante — aunt of one's wife
- German: Schwiegertante — aunt of one's wife
- Hindi: चचिया सास (caciyā sās) — aunt of one's wife
- Hindi: ममिया सास (mamiyā sās) — aunt of one's wife
- Swedish: svärfaster — aunt of one's wife
- Swedish: svärmoster — aunt of one's wife
- Tewa: nána — aunt of one's wife