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co-father-in-law

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The father of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the father-in-law of one's child, or, the father of one spouse in relation to the father of the other spouse; either of two or more men whose children marry each other, such as the father of a bride vis-à-vis the father of the groom.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aromanian: cuscru — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Basque: aitaginarrebakide — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Catalan: consogre — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 親家公 /亲家公 (qìngjiāgōng) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Czech: svat — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Esperanto: kunbopatro — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Finnish: vävyn isä — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Finnish: miniän isä (of daughter-in-law) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • French: père du gendre — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • French: père de la belle-fille — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • German: Mitschwiegervater — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • German: Gegenschwäher — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Greek: συμπέθερος (sympétheros) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hebrew: מחותן (m'khután) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hindi: समधी (samdhī) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hungarian: nász — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hungarian: apatárs — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Inupiaq: nulliq (co-parent-in-law) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Italian: consuocero — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Kashmiri: سۆنؠ (son') — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Korean: 바깥 사돈 (bakkat sadon) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Latin: consocer — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Malay: besan — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Malay: (co-parent-in-law) bisan — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Nahuatl: huexiuhtli — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Polish: ojciec zięcia — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Polish: ojciec synowej — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Portuguese: consogro — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Punjabi: ਕੁੜਮ (kuṛam) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Romani: xanamik — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Romanian: cuscru — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Russian: сват (svat) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Northern Sami: láža (co-parent-in-law) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: пријан — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: прикан — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: prijan — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: prikan — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Spanish: consuegro — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Tagalog: baisan — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Tagalog: balae (co-parent-in-law) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Telugu: వియ్యంకుడు (viyyaṅkuḍu) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Turkish: dünür (co-parent-in-law) — father of one's son- or daughter-in-law