father-in-law

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• /ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AA1 DH ER0 IH0 N L AO2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English fader in lawe, fadyr-in-lay, fader yn lawe, equivalent to father + -in-law.

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skoonpa — one's spouse's father
• Albanian: vjehërr — one's spouse's father
• Arabic: حَم (ḥam) — one's spouse's father
• Aramaic: חמא — one's spouse's father
• Armenian: սկեսրայր (skesrayr) — one's spouse's father
• Armenian: աներ (aner) — one's spouse's father
• Aromanian: socru — one's spouse's father
• Asturian: suegru — one's spouse's father
• Australian Kriol: lambarra — one's spouse's father
• Avar: вакьад (wakklʼad) — one's spouse's father
• Azerbaijani: qayınata — one's spouse's father
• Basque: aitaginarreba — one's spouse's father
• Belarusian: свёкар (svjókar) — one's spouse's father
• Belarusian: цесць (cjescʹ) — one's spouse's father
• Bulgarian: све́кър (svékǎr) — one's spouse's father
• Bulgarian: тъст (tǎst) — one's spouse's father
• Burmese: ယောက္ခထီး (yaukhka.hti:) — one's spouse's father
• Catalan: sogre — one's spouse's father
• Chinese: 大官 (zh-min-nan) — one's spouse's father
• Chinese: 丈人 (tiǔn-lâng, tiūn-lâng, tiòn-lâng) — one's spouse's father
• Chinese: 丈人公 (tiǔn-lâng-kong, tiūn-lâng-kong, tiòn-lâng-kong) — one's spouse's father
• Chinese Mandarin: 公公 (gōnggong) — one's spouse's father
• Chinese Mandarin: 岳父 (yuèfù) — one's spouse's father
• Chinese Mandarin: 嫜 (zhāng) — one's spouse's father
• Chuvash: хуняҫа (hunjaś̬a) — one's spouse's father
• Cornish: hwegron — one's spouse's father
• Crimean Tatar: qaynata — one's spouse's father
• Czech: tchán — one's spouse's father
• Czech: svekr — one's spouse's father
• Danish: svigerfar — one's spouse's father
• Dutch: schoonvader — one's spouse's father
• Erzya: атявт (aťavt) — one's spouse's father
• Erzya: вата (vata) — one's spouse's father
• Esperanto: bopatro — one's spouse's father
• Estonian: äi — one's spouse's father
• Ewe: to — one's spouse's father
• Faroese: verfaðir — one's spouse's father
• Fataluku: painu — one's spouse's father
• Finnish: appi — one's spouse's father
• French: beau-père — one's spouse's father
• Friulian: missêr — one's spouse's father
• Friulian: suesar — one's spouse's father
• Galician: sogro — one's spouse's father
• Georgian: სიმამრი (simamri) — one's spouse's father
• Georgian: მამამთილი (mamamtili) — one's spouse's father
• German: Schwiegervater — one's spouse's father
• German: Schwäher — one's spouse's father
• Gooniyandi: lambadi — one's spouse's father
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐌰 (swaihra) — one's spouse's father
• Greek: πεθερός (petherós) — one's spouse's father
• Ancient Greek: πενθερός (pentherós) — one's spouse's father
• Ancient Greek: ἑκυρός (hekurós) — one's spouse's father
• Greenlandic: sakeq — one's spouse's father
• Hebrew: חָם (khám) — one's spouse's father
• Hebrew: חוֹתֵן (khotén) — one's spouse's father
• Hindi: ससुर (sasur) — one's spouse's father
• Hindi: समधी (samdhī) — one's spouse's father
• Hungarian: após — one's spouse's father
• Hunsrik: Schwiegherfatter — one's spouse's father
• Icelandic: tengdapabbi — one's spouse's father
• Icelandic: tengdafaðir — one's spouse's father
• Icelandic: tengdó — one's spouse's father
• Ido: bopatro — one's spouse's father
• Ilocano: katugangan a lalaki — one's spouse's father
• Indonesian: ayah mertua — one's spouse's father
• Indonesian: bapak mertua — one's spouse's father
• Ingrian: äijä — one's spouse's father
• Interlingua: patre affin — one's spouse's father
• Irish: athair céile — one's spouse's father
• Italian: suocero — one's spouse's father
• Japanese: 義父 (gifu) — one's spouse's father
• Japanese: 岳父 (gakufu) — one's spouse's father
• Japanese: 舅 (shūto) — one's spouse's father
• Jeju: 가시아방 (gasiabang) — one's spouse's father
• Kashmiri: ہِہُر (hihur) — one's spouse's father
• Kashmiri: ہیُٛہُر (hyuhur) — one's spouse's father
• Khmer: ឪពុកក្មេក (ʼŏupŭkkmék) — one's spouse's father
• Korean: 시아버지 (siabeoji) — one's spouse's father
• Korean: 장인 (jang'in) — one's spouse's father
• Central Kurdish: خەزوور (xezûr) — one's spouse's father
• Northern Kurdish: xezûr — one's spouse's father
• Lao: ພໍ່ຜົວ (phǭ phūa) — one's spouse's father
• Lao: ພໍ່ເມັຽ (phǭ mīa) — one's spouse's father
• Lao: ສະວະສູລະ (sa wa sū la) — one's spouse's father
• Lao: ສວະສູຣະ (s sū ra) — one's spouse's father
• Lao: ສະສຸຣະ (sa su ra) — one's spouse's father
• Lao: ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ (phǭ thao) — one's spouse's father
• Latin: socer — one's spouse's father
• Latin: patraster — one's spouse's father
• Latvian: ap' — one's spouse's father
• Livonian: mīeizā — one's spouse's father
• Livonian: naizizā — one's spouse's father
• Luxembourgish: Schwéierpapp — one's spouse's father
• Macedonian: свекор (svekor) — one's spouse's father
• Macedonian: тест (test) — one's spouse's father
• Malay: bapa mertua — one's spouse's father
• Malay: ayah mertua — one's spouse's father
• Manx: ayr 'sy leigh — one's spouse's father
• Māori: hungarei — one's spouse's father
• Māori: hungawai — one's spouse's father
• Marathi: सासरा (sāsrā) — one's spouse's father
• Eastern Mari: ача (ača) — one's spouse's father
• Mauritian Creole: boper — one's spouse's father
• Mongolian: хадам аав (xadam aav) — one's spouse's father
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠮ ᠠᠪᠤ (qadam abu) — one's spouse's father
• Mwani: mukwe — one's spouse's father
• Norman: bieau-péthe — one's spouse's father
• Norwegian Bokmål: svigerfar — one's spouse's father
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerfar — one's spouse's father
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verfar — one's spouse's father
• Occitan: sògre — one's spouse's father
• Odia: ଶ୍ୱଶୁର (śwaśura) — one's spouse's father
• Northern Ohlone: menék — one's spouse's father
• Church Slavic: свекръ (svekrŭ) — one's spouse's father
• Church Slavic: тьсть (tĭstĭ) — one's spouse's father
• Old English: swēor — one's spouse's father
• Papiamentu: suegu — one's spouse's father
• Pashto: سخر — one's spouse's father
• Pennsylvania German: Schwaer — one's spouse's father
• Pennsylvania German: Schwaerdaadi — one's spouse's father
• Pennsylvania German: Schwiegervadder — one's spouse's father
• Persian: پدرشوهر (pedar-šowhar) — one's spouse's father
• Persian: پدرزن (pedar-zan) — one's spouse's father
• Persian: خسر (xosor) — one's spouse's father
• Plautdietsch: Schwiavoda — one's spouse's father
• Polish: teść — one's spouse's father
• Polish: świekier — one's spouse's father
• Portuguese: sogro — one's spouse's father
• Punjabi: ਸੁਹਰਾ (suhrā) — one's spouse's father
• Punjabi: ਸੁਸਰ (susar) — one's spouse's father
• Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਸਰ (xusar) — one's spouse's father
• Punjabi: سَوہرا (sauhrā) — one's spouse's father
• Punjabi: سُسَر (susar) — one's spouse's father
• Punjabi: خُسَر (xusar) — one's spouse's father
• Quechua: kaka — one's spouse's father
• Quechua: kiwachi — one's spouse's father
• Romani: sastro — one's spouse's father
• Romanian: socru — one's spouse's father
• Russian: свёкор (svjókor) — one's spouse's father
• Russian: свёкр (svjokr) — one's spouse's father
• Russian: тесть (testʹ) — one's spouse's father
• Northern Sami: vuohppa — one's spouse's father
• Northern Sami: vuohppasássa — one's spouse's father
• Sanskrit: श्वशुर (śvaśura) — one's spouse's father
• Sardinian: socru — one's spouse's father
• Sardinian: sogru — one's spouse's father
• Scots: guid-faither — one's spouse's father
• Scottish Gaelic: athair-cèile — one's spouse's father
• Serbo-Croatian: свекар — one's spouse's father
• Serbo-Croatian: пунац — one's spouse's father
• Serbo-Croatian: svekar — one's spouse's father
• Serbo-Croatian: punac — one's spouse's father
• Seri: aaquéect ctam — one's spouse's father
• Sicilian: sòggiru — one's spouse's father
• Slovak: svokor — one's spouse's father
• Slovak: tesť — one's spouse's father
• Slovene: tast — one's spouse's father
• Lower Sorbian: pśichodny nan — one's spouse's father
• Upper Sorbian: přichodny nan — one's spouse's father
• Spanish: suegro — one's spouse's father
• Swahili: baba mkwe — one's spouse's father
• Swedish: svärfar — one's spouse's father
• Sylheti: ꠢꠃꠞ (hour) — one's spouse's father
• Tagalog: biyanang-lalaki — one's spouse's father
• Tamil: மாமனார் (māmaṉār) — one's spouse's father
• Lower Tanana: -to' nelanenh — one's spouse's father
• Taos: tǫ̏ména — one's spouse's father
• Tarifit: aḍeggwar — one's spouse's father
• Tetum: banin — one's spouse's father
• Thai: พ่อผัว (pɔ̂ɔ-pǔua) — one's spouse's father
• Thai: พ่อสามี — one's spouse's father
• Thai: พ่อตา (pɔ̂ɔ-dtaa) — one's spouse's father
• Tigre: ሐም (ḥäm) — one's spouse's father
• Turkish: kaynata — one's spouse's father
• Turkish: kayınbaba — one's spouse's father
• Turkish: kayınpeder — one's spouse's father
• Turkmen: gaýynata — one's spouse's father
• Udi: сейде (sejde) — one's spouse's father
• Ukrainian: све́кор (svékor) — one's spouse's father
• Ukrainian: тесть (testʹ) — one's spouse's father
• Urdu: سَسُر (sasur) — one's spouse's father
• Urdu: سُسَر (susar) — one's spouse's father
• Urdu: خُسَر (xusar) — one's spouse's father
• Venetan: misiero — one's spouse's father
• Venetan: misiere — one's spouse's father
• Venetan: mesiere — one's spouse's father
• Vietnamese: cha chồng — one's spouse's father
• Vietnamese: cha vợ — one's spouse's father
• Volapük: lüfat — one's spouse's father
• Võro: äi — one's spouse's father
• Votic: äjje — one's spouse's father
• Welsh: chwegrwn — one's spouse's father
• Welsh: tad yng nghyfraith — one's spouse's father
• Yiddish: שווער (shver) — one's spouse's father
• Zazaki: vıstewre (diq) — one's spouse's father