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brother-in-law

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ/
  • General-American: brŭˈ -thər-ĭn-lôˌ
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɑ/
  • cot-caught-merger: -läˌ
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌðəɹ ɪn ˌlɔː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: -lôˌ
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  • CMU ARPABET: B R AH1 DH ER0 IH0 N L AO2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:

The brother of one's spouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:

The husband of one's sibling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:

The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:

The brother of the spouse of one's sibling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a brother by marriage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: in-law, relative-in-law

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

526 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swaer — brother of one's husband
  • Albanian: kunat — brother of one's husband
  • Arabic: شَقِيق زَوْج (šaqīq zawj) — brother of one's husband
  • Arabic: شَقِيق زَوْجَة (šaqīq zawja) — brother of one's husband
  • Arabic: سِلْف (silf) — brother of one's husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܕ݂ܡܵܐ (īḏmā) — brother of one's husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܚܘܼ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (aḥū gaḇrā) — brother of one's husband
  • Armenian: տագր (tagr) — brother of one's husband
  • Aromanian: cumnat — brother of one's husband
  • Asturian: cuñáu — brother of one's husband
  • Azerbaijani: qayın — brother of one's husband
  • Bengali: দেবর (debor) — brother of one's husband
  • Central Bikol: bayaw — brother of one's husband
  • Bulgarian: девер (dever) — brother of one's husband
  • Burmese: ခဲအို (hkai:ui) — brother of one's husband
  • Burmese: မတ် (mat) — brother of one's husband
  • Catalan: cunyat — brother of one's husband
  • Cebuano: bayaw — brother of one's husband
  • Cebuano: bayaw nga lalaki (sa bana) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大伯 (daai6 baak3) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese Cantonese: 叔仔 (suk1 zai2) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese: 大伯 (zh-min-nan) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese: 阿叔仔 (zh-min-nan) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese: 小叔 (sió-chek) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese: 細叔 /细叔 (sè-chek, sòe-chek) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese: 細叔仔 /细叔仔 (sè-chek-á, sòe-chek-á) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese: 細漢叔仔 /细汉叔仔 (sè-hàn-chek-á, sòe-hàn-chek-á) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大伯子 (dàbǎizi) — brother of one's husband
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小叔子 (xiǎoshūzi) — brother of one's husband
  • Chuvash: хунчӑкам (hunč̬ăk̬am) — brother of one's husband
  • Czech: švagr — brother of one's husband
  • Dalmatian: comnut — brother of one's husband
  • Danish: svoger — brother of one's husband
  • Dutch: zwager — brother of one's husband
  • Dutch: schoonbroer — brother of one's husband
  • Erzya: парайде (parajde) — brother of one's husband
  • Erzya: альне (alne) — brother of one's husband
  • Erzya: какжаля (kakžaľa) — brother of one's husband
  • Esperanto: bofrato — brother of one's husband
  • Estonian: küdi — brother of one's husband
  • Ewe: nyo — brother of one's husband
  • Finnish: lanko — brother of one's husband
  • Finnish: kyty — brother of one's husband
  • French: beau-frère — brother of one's husband
  • Friulian: cugnât — brother of one's husband
  • Gagauz: kayınçu — brother of one's husband
  • Gagauz: kayın — brother of one's husband
  • Gagauz: dever — brother of one's husband
  • Galician: cuñado — brother of one's husband
  • Georgian: მაზლი (mazli) — brother of one's husband
  • German: Schwager — brother of one's husband
  • German: Schwäher — brother of one's husband
  • Greek: κουνιάδος (kouniádos) — brother of one's husband
  • Ancient Greek: δαήρ (daḗr) — brother of one's husband
  • Greenlandic: ningaaq — brother of one's husband
  • Hebrew: גִּיס (gís) — brother of one's husband
  • Hebrew: יָבָם (yavám) — brother of one's husband
  • Hindi: देवर (devar) — brother of one's husband
  • Hindi: जेठ (jeṭh) — brother of one's husband
  • Hungarian: sógor — brother of one's husband
  • Icelandic: mágur — brother of one's husband
  • Ido: bofratulo — brother of one's husband
  • Ilocano: bayaw — brother of one's husband
  • Ilocano: kayong — brother of one's husband
  • Ingrian: kyty — brother of one's husband
  • Irish: deartháir céile — brother of one's husband
  • Italian: cognato — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義理の兄 (giri no ani) — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義兄 (gikei) — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義理の弟 (giri no otōto) — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義弟 (gitei) — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義兄弟 (gikyōdai) — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: (お)義兄さん — brother of one's husband
  • Japanese: 小舅 (kojūto) — brother of one's husband
  • Kashmiri: درُٛے — brother of one's husband
  • Korean: 시숙 (sisuk) — brother of one's husband
  • Korean: 시(媤)아주버니 (siajubeoni) — brother of one's husband
  • Korean: 시동생 (sidongsaeng) — brother of one's husband
  • Central Kurdish: ھێوەر (hêwer) — brother of one's husband
  • Northern Kurdish: tî — brother of one's husband
  • Latgalian: dīvers — brother of one's husband
  • Latin: lēvir — brother of one's husband
  • Latvian: dieveris — brother of one's husband
  • Lithuanian: dieveris — brother of one's husband
  • Macedonian: девер (dever) — brother of one's husband
  • Malay: abang ipar — brother of one's husband
  • Malay: adik ipar lelaki — brother of one's husband
  • Malay: ipar lelaki — brother of one's husband
  • Malay: adik ipar — brother of one's husband
  • Malay: ipar — brother of one's husband
  • Maltese: silf — brother of one's husband
  • Māori: taokete — brother of one's husband
  • Māori: autāne — brother of one's husband
  • Maranao: ipag — brother of one's husband
  • Middle English: brother-in-lawe — brother of one's husband
  • Mwani: nlamu — brother of one's husband
  • Nanai: кэли (keli) — brother of one's husband
  • Norman: bieau-fréthe — brother of one's husband
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svoger — brother of one's husband
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svoger — brother of one's husband
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verbror — brother of one's husband
  • Occitan: conhat — brother of one's husband
  • Occitan: cunhat — brother of one's husband
  • Old English: tācor — brother of one's husband
  • Pashto: لېور — brother of one's husband
  • Pennsylvania German: Schwoger — brother of one's husband
  • Persian: هیور (hivar) — brother of one's husband
  • Polish: szwagier — brother of one's husband
  • Polish: dziewierz — brother of one's husband
  • Portuguese: cunhado — brother of one's husband
  • Romani: salo — brother of one's husband
  • Romanian: cumnat — brother of one's husband
  • Romanian: șogor — brother of one's husband
  • Russian: де́верь (déverʹ) — brother of one's husband
  • Northern Sami: máhka — brother of one's husband
  • Sanskrit: देवृ (devṛ) — brother of one's husband
  • Sanskrit: देवर (devara) — brother of one's husband
  • Sardinian: connadu — brother of one's husband
  • Sardinian: connatu — brother of one's husband
  • Sardinian: connau — brother of one's husband
  • Scots: guid-brither — brother of one's husband
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-cèile — brother of one's husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: де̏вер — brother of one's husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȅver — brother of one's husband
  • Sicilian: cugnatu — brother of one's husband
  • Slovene: svák — brother of one's husband
  • Lower Sorbian: bratš cłowjeka — brother of one's husband
  • Lower Sorbian: swak — brother of one's husband
  • Lower Sorbian: šwogor — brother of one's husband
  • Spanish: cuñado — brother of one's husband
  • Spanish: mashita — brother of one's husband
  • Swedish: svåger — brother of one's husband
  • Swedish: svärbror — brother of one's husband
  • Tagalog: bayaw — brother of one's husband
  • Taos: pʼǫ́yna — brother of one's husband
  • Taos: pòpóna — brother of one's husband
  • Tarifit: arwes — brother of one's husband
  • Turkish: kayın — brother of one's husband
  • Turkish: kayınbirader — brother of one's husband
  • Turkish: kayınço — brother of one's husband
  • Turkish: ini — brother of one's husband
  • Ukrainian: ді́вер (díver) — brother of one's husband
  • Urdu: دیوَر (devar) — brother of one's husband
  • Urdu: جیٹھ (jeṭh) — brother of one's husband
  • Venetan: cugnà — brother of one's husband
  • Venetan: cugnado — brother of one's husband
  • Venetan: cognà — brother of one's husband
  • Venetan: cognado — brother of one's husband
  • Vietnamese: anh chồng — brother of one's husband
  • Vietnamese: em chồng — brother of one's husband
  • Vilamovian: śwöger — brother of one's husband
  • Welsh: brawd yng nghyfraith — brother of one's husband
  • Zazaki: vıstewre (diq) — brother of one's husband
  • Afrikaans: swaer — brother of one's wife
  • Albanian: kunat — brother of one's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܵܐ (barḥmāyā) — brother of one's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܚܘܼ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (aḥū baḵtā) — brother of one's wife
  • Armenian: աներձագ (anerjag) — brother of one's wife
  • Armenian: աներորդի (anerordi) — brother of one's wife
  • Asturian: cuñáu — brother of one's wife
  • Azerbaijani: qayın — brother of one's wife
  • Bengali: শালা (śala) — brother of one's wife
  • Bengali: শ্যালক (śêlok) — brother of one's wife
  • Bhojpuri: साला (sālā) — brother of one's wife
  • Central Bikol: bayaw — brother of one's wife
  • Bulgarian: шурей (šurej) — brother of one's wife
  • Burmese: ယောက်ဖ (yaukhpa.) — brother of one's wife
  • Catalan: cunyat — brother of one's wife
  • Cebuano: bayaw — brother of one's wife
  • Cebuano: bayaw nga lalaki (sa asawa) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大舅 (daai6 kau3) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Cantonese: 舅仔 (kau3 zai2) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese: 妻舅 (chhe-kū) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese: 舅仔 (kū-á) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese: 大舅 (tōa-kū) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese: 某舅 (bó͘-kū) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese: 妻舅仔 (chhe-kū-á) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 内兄 大舅子 (nèixiōng) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 内弟 (nèidì) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 婦兄 /妇兄 (fùxiōng) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小舅子 (xiǎojiùzi) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大舅 (dàjiù) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小舅 (xiǎojiù) — brother of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 婦弟 /妇弟 (fùdì) — brother of one's wife
  • Czech: švagr — brother of one's wife
  • Old Czech: deveř — brother of one's wife
  • Danish: svoger — brother of one's wife
  • Dutch: zwager — brother of one's wife
  • Dutch: schoonbroer — brother of one's wife
  • Esperanto: bofrato — brother of one's wife
  • Estonian: nääl — brother of one's wife
  • Ewe: nyo — brother of one's wife
  • Finnish: lanko — brother of one's wife
  • French: beau-frère — brother of one's wife
  • Galician: cuñado — brother of one's wife
  • Georgian: ცოლისძმა (colisʒma) — brother of one's wife
  • German: Schwager — brother of one's wife
  • German: Schwäher — brother of one's wife
  • Greek: κουνιάδος (kouniádos) — brother of one's wife
  • Greenlandic: ningaaq — brother of one's wife
  • Hebrew: גִּיס (gís) — brother of one's wife
  • Hindi: साला (sālā) — brother of one's wife
  • Hungarian: sógor — brother of one's wife
  • Icelandic: mágur — brother of one's wife
  • Ido: bofratulo — brother of one's wife
  • Ilocano: bayaw — brother of one's wife
  • Ilocano: kayong — brother of one's wife
  • Ingrian: näälä — brother of one's wife
  • Irish: deartháir céile — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義理の兄 (giri no ani) — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義兄 (gikei) — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義理の弟 (giri no otōto) — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義弟 (gitei) — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義兄弟 (gikyōdai) — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: (お)義兄さん — brother of one's wife
  • Japanese: 小舅 (kojūto) — brother of one's wife
  • Kashmiri: ۂہَر (hạhar) — brother of one's wife
  • Korean: 처남 (cheonam) — brother of one's wife
  • Central Kurdish: ژِنبِرا (jinbira) — brother of one's wife
  • Northern Kurdish: bûra — brother of one's wife
  • Latgalian: svaiņs — brother of one's wife
  • Latvian: svainis — brother of one's wife
  • Lithuanian: svainis — brother of one's wife
  • Macedonian: шура (šura) — brother of one's wife
  • Malay: abang ipar — brother of one's wife
  • Malay: adik ipar lelaki — brother of one's wife
  • Malay: ipar lelaki — brother of one's wife
  • Malay: adik ipar — brother of one's wife
  • Malay: ipar — brother of one's wife
  • Middle English: brother-in-lawe — brother of one's wife
  • Mwani: nlamu — brother of one's wife
  • Norman: bieau-fréthe — brother of one's wife
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svoger — brother of one's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svoger — brother of one's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verbror — brother of one's wife
  • Occitan: conhat — brother of one's wife
  • Occitan: cunhat — brother of one's wife
  • Pashto: اخښی — brother of one's wife
  • Pennsylvania German: Schwoger — brother of one's wife
  • Polish: szwagier — brother of one's wife
  • Polish: szurzy (arhaic or dialectal) — brother of one's wife
  • Portuguese: cunhado — brother of one's wife
  • Romani: salo — brother of one's wife
  • Romanian: cumnat — brother of one's wife
  • Russian: шу́рин (šúrin) — brother of one's wife
  • Northern Sami: máhka — brother of one's wife
  • Sanskrit: स्याल (syāla) — brother of one's wife
  • Scots: guid-brither — brother of one's wife
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-cèile — brother of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: шурак — brother of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: шу̑ра — brother of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: šurak — brother of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȗra — brother of one's wife
  • Sikkimese: སྐུད་པོ (skud po) — brother of one's wife
  • Slovene: svák — brother of one's wife
  • Lower Sorbian: bratš žeński — brother of one's wife
  • Lower Sorbian: swak — brother of one's wife
  • Lower Sorbian: šwogor — brother of one's wife
  • Spanish: cuñado — brother of one's wife
  • Swedish: svåger — brother of one's wife
  • Tagalog: bayaw — brother of one's wife
  • Taos: mą̀kupòpóna — brother of one's wife
  • Taos: pʼǫ́yna — brother of one's wife
  • Taos: pòpóna — brother of one's wife
  • Tarifit: arwes — brother of one's wife
  • Turkish: kayınço — brother of one's wife
  • Turkish: kayınbirader — brother of one's wife
  • Turkish: ini — brother of one's wife
  • Turkish: kayın — brother of one's wife
  • Udi: севичи (seviči) — brother of one's wife
  • Ukrainian: шу́рин (šúryn) — brother of one's wife
  • Urdu: سالا (sālā) — brother of one's wife
  • Vietnamese: anh vợ — brother of one's wife
  • Vietnamese: em vợ — brother of one's wife
  • Welsh: brawd yng nghyfraith — brother of one's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܸܬ݂ܢܵܐ (ḥiṯnā) — husband of one's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܲܠܦܵܐ (salpā) — husband of one's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܒ݂ܲܪ ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gḇar ḥāṯā) — husband of one's sister
  • Armenian: փեսա (pʻesa) — husband of one's sister
  • Armenian: քեռայր (kʻeṙayr) — husband of one's sister
  • Asturian: cuñáu — husband of one's sister
  • Azerbaijani: yeznə — husband of one's sister
  • Central Bikol: bayaw — husband of one's sister
  • Bulgarian: зет (zet) — husband of one's sister
  • Burmese: ခဲအို (hkai:ui) — husband of one's sister
  • Burmese: မတ် (mat) — husband of one's sister
  • Burmese: ယောက်ဖ (yaukhpa.) — husband of one's sister
  • Catalan: cunyat — husband of one's sister
  • Cebuano: bayaw — husband of one's sister
  • Cebuano: bayaw nga lalaki (sa igsoong babaye) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姐夫 (ze2 fu1) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Cantonese: 妹夫 (mui6 fu1) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese: 姊夫 (chí-po͘, chí-hu) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese: 姊丈 (chí-tiǔn) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese: 妹婿 (bēr-saì, bē-saì, maī-saì, mōe-saì) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姐夫 (jiěfu) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妹夫 (mèifu) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姊夫 (zǐfū) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姊丈 (zǐzhàng) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妹倩 (mèiqiàn) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妹婿 (mèixù) — husband of one's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妹丈 (mèizhàng) — husband of one's sister
  • Czech: švagr — husband of one's sister
  • Danish: svoger — husband of one's sister
  • Dutch: zwager — husband of one's sister
  • Dutch: schoonbroer — husband of one's sister
  • Erzya: шичаля (šičaľa) — husband of one's sister
  • Erzya: эзналя (eznaľa) — husband of one's sister
  • Esperanto: bofrato — husband of one's sister
  • Estonian: õemees — husband of one's sister
  • Ewe: nyo — husband of one's sister
  • Finnish: lanko — husband of one's sister
  • French: beau-frère — husband of one's sister
  • Galician: cuñado — husband of one's sister
  • Georgian: სიძე (siʒe) — husband of one's sister
  • German: Schwager — husband of one's sister
  • German: Schwäher — husband of one's sister
  • Greek: γαμπρός (gamprós) — husband of one's sister
  • Greenlandic: ningaaq — husband of one's sister
  • Hebrew: גִּיס (gís) — husband of one's sister
  • Hindi: जीजा (jījā) — husband of one's sister
  • Hindi: बहनोई (bahnoī) — husband of one's sister
  • Hungarian: sógor — husband of one's sister
  • Icelandic: mágur — husband of one's sister
  • Ido: bofratulo — husband of one's sister
  • Ilocano: bayaw — husband of one's sister
  • Ilocano: kayong — husband of one's sister
  • Ingrian: vävy — husband of one's sister
  • Irish: deartháir céile — husband of one's sister
  • Japanese: 義理の兄 (giri no ani) — husband of one's sister
  • Japanese: 義兄 (gikei) — husband of one's sister
  • Japanese: 義理の弟 (giri no otōto) — husband of one's sister
  • Japanese: 義弟 (gitei) — husband of one's sister
  • Japanese: 義兄弟 (gikyōdai) — husband of one's sister
  • Japanese: (お)義兄さん — husband of one's sister
  • Kashmiri: بیمہٕ (bēmụ) — husband of one's sister
  • Korean: 매부 (maebu) — husband of one's sister
  • Korean: 형부 (hyeongbu) — husband of one's sister
  • Korean: 제부 (jebu) — husband of one's sister
  • Central Kurdish: زاوا (zawa) — husband of one's sister
  • Latin: sororius — husband of one's sister
  • Latvian: svainis — husband of one's sister
  • Macedonian: зет (zet) — husband of one's sister
  • Malay: abang ipar — husband of one's sister
  • Malay: adik ipar lelaki — husband of one's sister
  • Malay: ipar lelaki — husband of one's sister
  • Malay: adik ipar — husband of one's sister
  • Malay: ipar — husband of one's sister
  • Eastern Mari: веҥе (veŋe) — husband of one's sister
  • Middle English: brother-in-lawe — husband of one's sister
  • Navajo: hayé — husband of one's sister
  • Norman: bieau-fréthe — husband of one's sister
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svoger — husband of one's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svoger — husband of one's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verbror — husband of one's sister
  • Pashto: اخښي — husband of one's sister
  • Pashto: اوښی — husband of one's sister
  • Pennsylvania German: Schwoger — husband of one's sister
  • Polish: szwagier — husband of one's sister
  • Portuguese: cunhado — husband of one's sister
  • Punjabi: ਭਣਵਈਆ (bhaṇvaīā) — husband of one's sister
  • Punjabi: ਭਣੂਜਾ (bhaṇūjā) — husband of one's sister
  • Romanian: cumnat — husband of one's sister
  • Russian: зять (zjatʹ) — husband of one's sister
  • Northern Sami: máhka — husband of one's sister
  • Sanskrit: जामातृ (jāmātṛ) — husband of one's sister
  • Sanskrit: आबुत्त (ābutta) — husband of one's sister
  • Scots: guid-brither — husband of one's sister
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-cèile — husband of one's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: зе̏т — husband of one's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: сва̑к) — husband of one's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: шо̑гор — husband of one's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȅt — husband of one's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȃk — husband of one's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȏgor — husband of one's sister
  • Slovene: svák — husband of one's sister
  • Lower Sorbian: sotśiny muski — husband of one's sister
  • Lower Sorbian: swak — husband of one's sister
  • Lower Sorbian: šwogor — husband of one's sister
  • Spanish: cuñado — husband of one's sister
  • Swedish: svåger — husband of one's sister
  • Tagalog: siyaho — husband of one's sister
  • Tagalog: bayaw — husband of one's sister
  • Taos: mą̀kupòpóna — husband of one's sister
  • Taos: pʼǫ́yna — husband of one's sister
  • Taos: pòpóna — husband of one's sister
  • Telugu: బావ (bāva) — husband of one's sister
  • Turkish: enişte — husband of one's sister
  • Ottoman Turkish: انشته (enişte) — husband of one's sister
  • Vietnamese: anh rể — husband of one's sister
  • Welsh: brawd yng nghyfraith — husband of one's sister
  • Woiwurrung: guritch — husband of one's sister
  • Zazaki: ênışte — husband of one's sister
  • Zazaki: zama (diq) — husband of one's sister
  • Asturian: cuñáu — husband of one's brother
  • Swedish: svåger — husband of one's brother
  • Turkish: yenge — husband of one's brother
  • Ottoman Turkish: انشته (enişte) — husband of one's brother
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܒ݂ܲܪ ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܵܐ (gḇar barḥmāyā) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Armenian: փեսա (pʻesa) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Armenian: բաջանաղ (baǰanaġ) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Asturian: cuñáu — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Asturian: concuñáu — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Central Bikol: bilas — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Bulgarian: зет (zet) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Bulgarian: зълвеник (zǎlvenik) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Cebuano: bilas — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Cebuano: bilas nga lalaki (sa igsoong babaye sa bana) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Danish: svoger — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Dutch: zwager — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Dutch: schoonbroer — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Esperanto: bofrato — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Finnish: lanko — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • French: beau-frère — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • German: Schwippschwager — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Hebrew: גִּיס (gís) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Hindi: जीजा (jījā) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Hindi: बहनोई (bahnoī) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Icelandic: svili — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Ilocano: abirat a lalaki — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義理の兄 (giri no ani) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義兄 (gikei) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義理の弟 (giri no otōto) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義弟 (gitei) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Japanese: 義兄弟 (gikyōdai) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Kashmiri: زٲمی (zạ̄mī) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Kashmiri: زٲمِیہِ (zạ̄miyi) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Korean: 시(媤)누 남편 (sinu nampyeon) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Korean: 시매부 (simaebu) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Malay: biras — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Malay: abang ipar — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Malay: adik ipar lelaki — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Malay: ipar lelaki — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Malay: adik ipar — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Malay: ipar — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Norman: bieau-fréthe — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Polish: szwagier — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Portuguese: concunhado — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Portuguese: cunhado — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Romanian: cumnat — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Russian: зять (zjatʹ) — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Scots: guid-brither — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: заовац — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaovac — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Spanish: concuñado — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Tagalog: bilas na lalaki — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Turkish: enişte — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Zazaki: cêri — husband of the sister of one's husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܓ݂ܝܼܣܵܐ (yaḡīsā) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Armenian: քենակալ (kʻenakal) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Armenian: բաջանաղ (baǰanaġ) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Asturian: cuñáu — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Asturian: concuñáu — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Azerbaijani: bacanaq — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Bashkir: бажа (baja) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Bats: ბა̄ჯ (bāǯ) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Central Bikol: bilas — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Bulgarian: баджанак (badžanak) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Cebuano: bilas — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Cebuano: bilas nga lalaki (sa igsoong babaye sa asawa) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Chechen: бажа (baža) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姨夫 (yífū) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 襟兄 (jīnxiōng) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 襟弟 (jīndì) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Danish: svoger — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Dutch: zwager — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Dutch: schoonbroer — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Esperanto: bofrato — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Estonian: kälimees — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Finnish: lanko — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • French: beau-frère — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Georgian: ქვისლი (kvisli) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • German: Schwippschwager — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Greek: μπατζανάκης (batzanákis) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Hebrew: גִּיס (gís) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Hindi: साढ़ू (sāṛhū) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Icelandic: svili — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Ilocano: abirat a lalaki — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Ingrian: svojakka — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Ingush: бажа (baža) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義理の兄 (giri no ani) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義兄 (gikei) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義理の弟 (giri no otōto) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義弟 (gitei) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Japanese: 義兄弟 (gikyōdai) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Kashmiri: سٲجُو (sạ̄juv) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Korean: 동서 (dongseo) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Central Kurdish: ئاواڵزاوا (awallzawa) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Northern Kurdish: hevling — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Northern Kurdish: hevzava — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Macedonian: баџанак (badžanak) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Macedonian: баџо (badžo) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Malay: biras — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Malay: abang ipar — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Malay: adik ipar lelaki — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Malay: ipar lelaki — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Malay: adik ipar — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Malay: ipar — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Mingrelian: ქვიშილი (kvišili) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Norman: bieau-fréthe — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Pashto: باجه — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Pashto: سانډو — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Polish: szwagier — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Portuguese: concunhado — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Portuguese: cunhado — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Romanian: cumnat — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Russian: своя́к (svoják) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Northern Sami: spile — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Scots: guid-brither — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: пашѐног — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: пашенац — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: сва̑к) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́џо — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: pašènog — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: pašánac — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȃk — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: bádžo — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Spanish: concuñado — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Svan: მექუ̂შე̄ლ (mekûšēl) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Tagalog: bilas na lalaki — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Turkish: bacanak — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Tuvan: бажа (baja) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Urdu: ہَم زُلْف (ham zulf) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Urdu: ساڑُھو (sāṛhū) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Uyghur: باجا (baja) — husband of the sister of one's wife
  • Zazaki: bacenağ — husband of the sister of one's wife
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