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co-brother-in-law

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

One's brother-in-law's or sister-in-law's brother; that is, one's sibling's spouse's brother; either of two (or more) men whose siblings are married to each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From co- + brother-in-law or co-brother + -in-law.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: baxhanak — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Albanian: mjeshtak — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Arabic: عديل — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Armenian: քենակալ (k’enakal) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Bulgarian: баджанак (badžanak) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Catalan: concunyat — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Chinese: 襟兄 (jīnxiōng) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Chinese: 襟弟 (jīndì) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Esperanto: kunbofrato — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • French: co-beau-frère — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • French: beau-frère — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Galician: concuñado — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Galician: concuñada — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • German: Schwippschwager — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • German: Schwager — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Greek: μπατζανάκης (batzanákis) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Greek: σύγαμπρος (sýgampros) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Hebrew: גיסן — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Icelandic: svili — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Inupiaq: aŋayunġuq — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Inupiaq: nukaunġuq — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Italian: concognato — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Japanese: 相婿 (aimuko) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Korean: 동서 (dongseo) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Malay: biras (co-sibling-in-law) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Nahuatl: chahuatetl — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Persian: باجناق (bâjenâq) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Polish: mąż siostry męża — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Polish: mąż siostry żony — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Portuguese: concunhado — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Portuguese: concunhada — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Russian: свояк (svoják) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Russian: зять (zjat’) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: пашеног — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: пашaнац — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: заовац — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: баџо — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: pašènog — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: pašánac — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaovac — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: badžo — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Spanish: concuñado — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Spanish: concuñada — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Tagalog: bilas (co-sibling-in-law) — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Turkish: bacanak — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Yoruba: àútà — one's spouse's brother-in-law
  • Zazaki: becenağ — one's spouse's brother-in-law