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daughter-in-law

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

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  • /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)ɪnˌlɔː/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D AO1 T ER0 IH0 N L AO2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The wife of one's child.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the wife of your son

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 doghter in lawe; equivalent to daughter + -in-law.

Across languages

Translations

176 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nuse — wife of one's child
  • Andi: нуса (nusa) — wife of one's child
  • Arabic: كَنَّة (kanna) — wife of one's child
  • Arabic: زَوْجَة اَلاِبْن (zawjat al-ibn) — wife of one's child
  • Archi: нусдур (nusdur) — wife of one's child
  • Armenian: հարս (hars) — wife of one's child
  • Aromanian: norã — wife of one's child
  • Aromanian: nor (roa-rup) — wife of one's child
  • Assamese: বোৱাৰী (büari) — wife of one's child
  • Early Assamese: বহাৰী (boharī) — wife of one's child
  • Asturian: nuera — wife of one's child
  • Asturian: ñuera — wife of one's child
  • Avar: нус (nus) — wife of one's child
  • Azerbaijani: gəlin — wife of one's child
  • Bactrian: ασνωυο (asnōuo) — wife of one's child
  • Bashkir: килен (kilen) — wife of one's child
  • Belarusian: няве́стка (njavjéstka) — wife of one's child
  • Bhojpuri: पतोह (patōh) — wife of one's child
  • Breton: merc'h-kaer — wife of one's child
  • Breton: merc'heg — wife of one's child
  • Bulgarian: снаха́ (snahá) — wife of one's child
  • Burmese: ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma.) — wife of one's child
  • Catalan: nora — wife of one's child
  • Chechen: нус (nus) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese Cantonese: 新婦 /新妇 (san1 pou5, sam1 pou5) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese Cantonese: 媳婦 /媳妇 (sik1 fu5) — wife of one's child
  • Hakka Chinese: 心臼 (sîm-khiû) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese: 新婦 /新妇 (zh-min-nan) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese: 囝新婦 /囝新妇 (kián-sin-pū, kán-sin-pǔ, kián-sim-pū) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 媳婦 /媳妇 (xífù) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兒媳 /儿媳 (érxí) — wife of one's child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兒媳婦 /儿媳妇 (érxífù) — wife of one's child
  • Chuvash: кин (kin) — wife of one's child
  • West Circassian: нысэ (nəsɛ) — wife of one's child
  • Cornish: gohydh — wife of one's child
  • Czech: snacha — wife of one's child
  • Danish: svigerdatter — wife of one's child
  • Dutch: schoondochter — wife of one's child
  • Erzya: урьва (uŕva) — wife of one's child
  • Esperanto: bofilino — wife of one's child
  • Estonian: minia — wife of one's child
  • Ewe: lɔ̃xoyɔvi — wife of one's child
  • Faroese: verdóttir — wife of one's child
  • Finnish: miniä — wife of one's child
  • French: bru — wife of one's child
  • French: belle-fille — wife of one's child
  • Friulian: brût — wife of one's child
  • Friulian: nore — wife of one's child
  • Galician: nora — wife of one's child
  • Georgian: რძალი (rʒali) — wife of one's child
  • German: Schwiegertochter — wife of one's child
  • German: Schnur f) — wife of one's child
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs) — wife of one's child
  • Greek: νύφη (nýfi) — wife of one's child
  • Greek: κόρη (kóri) — wife of one's child
  • Ancient Greek: νύμφη (númphē) — wife of one's child
  • Ancient Greek: νυός (nuós) — wife of one's child
  • Gujarati: વહુ (vahu) — wife of one's child
  • Hebrew: כַּלָּה (kala) — wife of one's child
  • Hindi: बहू (bahū) — wife of one's child
  • Hungarian: meny — wife of one's child
  • Hunsrik: Schwiegherdochter — wife of one's child
  • Icelandic: tengdadóttir — wife of one's child
  • Ido: bofiliino — wife of one's child
  • Indonesian: menantu perempuan — wife of one's child
  • Indonesian: menantu — wife of one's child
  • Ingrian: minjä — wife of one's child
  • Ingush: нус (nus) — wife of one's child
  • Irish: iníon-i-ndlí — wife of one's child
  • Irish: banchliamhain — wife of one's child
  • Italian: nuora — wife of one's child
  • Japanese: 嫁 (yome) — wife of one's child
  • Kabuverdianu: jénra — wife of one's child
  • Karakalpak: kelin — wife of one's child
  • Kashmiri: نۄش (nọś) — wife of one's child
  • Komi-Zyrian: монь (moń) — wife of one's child
  • Korean: 며느리 (myeoneuri) — wife of one's child
  • Ladino: ermuera — wife of one's child
  • Ladino: almuera — wife of one's child
  • Ladino: ilmuera — wife of one's child
  • Ladino: nuera — wife of one's child
  • Latin: nurus — wife of one's child
  • Latin: nura — wife of one's child
  • Lithuanian: marti — wife of one's child
  • Lombard: nöra — wife of one's child
  • Lombard: nœura — wife of one's child
  • Macedonian: сна́а (snáa) — wife of one's child
  • Macedonian: не́веста (névesta) — wife of one's child
  • Malay: menantu perempuan — wife of one's child
  • Malay: menantu — wife of one's child
  • Malayalam: മരുമകൾ (marumakaḷ) — wife of one's child
  • Manx: 'neen 'sy leigh — wife of one's child
  • Manx: ben chleuin — wife of one's child
  • Māori: hunaonga — wife of one's child
  • Māori: hunōnga — wife of one's child
  • Marathi: सून (sūn) — wife of one's child
  • Eastern Mari: ше́шке (šéške) — wife of one's child
  • Western Mari: шешкӹ (šeškÿ) — wife of one's child
  • Western Mari: енгӓ (jengä) — wife of one's child
  • Mauritian Creole: belfi — wife of one's child
  • Megleno-Romanian: noră — wife of one's child
  • Middle English: doghter in lawe — wife of one's child
  • Mongolian: бэр (ber) — wife of one's child
  • Navajo: hazháʼáád — wife of one's child
  • Neapolitan: nora — wife of one's child
  • Neapolitan: nòra — wife of one's child
  • Norman: belle-fil'ye — wife of one's child
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svigerdatter — wife of one's child
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sønnekone — wife of one's child
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerdotter — wife of one's child
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sonekone — wife of one's child
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verdotter — wife of one's child
  • Occitan: nòra — wife of one's child
  • Odia: ବଧୂ (badhu) — wife of one's child
  • Old Church Slavonic: снъха (snŭxa) — wife of one's child
  • Old Church Slavonic: невѣста (nevěsta) — wife of one's child
  • Old English: snoru — wife of one's child
  • Ossetian: чындз (ḱynʒ) — wife of one's child
  • Ossetian: ностӕ (nostæ) — wife of one's child
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нєвеста (njevesta) — wife of one's child
  • Pashto: ناوې — wife of one's child
  • Pashto: نږور — wife of one's child
  • Pennsylvania German: Schwiegerdochder — wife of one's child
  • Persian: سنه (sonoh) — wife of one's child
  • Persian: سنهار (sonhâr) — wife of one's child
  • Persian: عروس ('arus) — wife of one's child
  • Plautdietsch: Schwiadochta — wife of one's child
  • Polish: synowa — wife of one's child
  • Polish: snecha — wife of one's child
  • Portuguese: nora — wife of one's child
  • Punjabi: ਨੂੰਹ (nū̃h) — wife of one's child
  • Punjabi: نُون٘ہہ (nūṉh) — wife of one's child
  • Romagnol: nöra — wife of one's child
  • Romani: bori — wife of one's child
  • Romanian: noră — wife of one's child
  • Russian: неве́стка (nevéstka) — wife of one's child
  • Russian: сноха́ (snoxá) — wife of one's child
  • Northern Sami: mannji — wife of one's child
  • Skolt-Sami: mââʹnnj — wife of one's child
  • Sanskrit: स्नुषा (snuṣā) — wife of one's child
  • Sardinian: nura — wife of one's child
  • Scottish Gaelic: bean-mhic — wife of one's child
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean-chèile — wife of one's child
  • Serbo-Croatian: снаха — wife of one's child
  • Serbo-Croatian: снаја — wife of one's child
  • Serbo-Croatian: snaha — wife of one's child
  • Serbo-Croatian: snaja — wife of one's child
  • Sicilian: nora — wife of one's child
  • Slovak: nevesta — wife of one's child
  • Slovene: snaha — wife of one's child
  • Lower Sorbian: pśichodna źowka — wife of one's child
  • Lower Sorbian: syna žeńska — wife of one's child
  • Lower Sorbian: šwigerźowka — wife of one's child
  • Lower Sorbian: synowa žeńska — wife of one's child
  • Spanish: nuera — wife of one's child
  • Swedish: svärdotter — wife of one's child
  • Swedish: sonhustru — wife of one's child
  • Tagalog: babaeng manugang — wife of one's child
  • Tamil: மருமகள் (marumakaḷ) — wife of one's child
  • Taos: phȉwéna — wife of one's child
  • Taos: sə̀oyiʼína — wife of one's child
  • Tatar: килен (kilen) — wife of one's child
  • Telugu: కోడలు (kōḍalu) — wife of one's child
  • Thai: ลูกสะใภ้ (lûuk-sà-pái) — wife of one's child
  • Turkish: gelin — wife of one's child
  • Udmurt: кен (ken) — wife of one's child
  • Ukrainian: неві́стка (nevístka) — wife of one's child
  • Urdu: بَہُو (bahū) — wife of one's child
  • Venetan: nòra — wife of one's child
  • Vietnamese: con dâu — wife of one's child
  • Vietnamese: dâu — wife of one's child
  • Volapük: lüdaut — wife of one's child
  • Welsh: merch-yng-nghyfraith — wife of one's child
  • Welsh: gwaudd — wife of one's child
  • Welsh: merched yng nghyfraith — wife of one's child
  • Yiddish: שנור (shnur) — wife of one's child
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