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co-mother-in-law

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

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: amaginarrebakide — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Catalan: consogra — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 親家母 /亲家母 (qìngjiāmǔ) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Czech: svatka — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Esperanto: kunbopatrino — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Finnish: vävyn äiti — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Finnish: miniän äiti (of daughter-in-law) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • French: mère du gendre — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • French: mère de la belle-fille — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Greek: συμπεθέρα (sympethéra) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hebrew: מחותנת (mekhutenet; mechuteynesteh) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hindi: समधिन (samdhin) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hungarian: nászasszony — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Hungarian: anyatárs — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Inupiaq: nulliq — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Italian: consuocera — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Kashmiri: سۄنیٚنؠ (sọnen') — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Korean: 안사돈 (ansadon) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Malay: besan — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Nahuatl: cihuahuexiuhtli — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Nepali: सम्धिनी (samdhinī) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Polish: matka zięcia — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Polish: matka synowej — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Portuguese: consogra — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Romani: xanamik — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Romanian: cuscră — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Russian: сва́тья (svátʹja) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Russian: сва́ха (sváxa) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Northern Sami: láža — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: прија — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: prija — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Spanish: consuegra — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Tagalog: baisan — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Tagalog: balae — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Telugu: వియ్యపురాలు (viyyapurālu) — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law
  • Turkish: dünür — mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law