mother-in-law

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• UK, US: /ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɔː/
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• UK, US: mŭˈ -thər-ĭn-lôˌ
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɑː/
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• cot-caught-merger: -läˌ
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 DH ER0 IH0 N L AO2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English moder in lawe; equivalent to mother + -in-law.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skoonmoeder — spouse's mother
• Albanian: vjehrrë — spouse's mother
• Arabic: حَمَاة (ḥamāh) — spouse's mother
• Armenian: սկեսուր (skesur) — spouse's mother
• Armenian: զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) — spouse's mother
• Aromanian: soacrã — spouse's mother
• Asturian: suegra — spouse's mother
• Avar: якьад (jakklʼad) — spouse's mother
• Azerbaijani: qayınana — spouse's mother
• Bashkir: ҡәйнә (qəynə) — spouse's mother
• Basque: amaginarreba — spouse's mother
• Belarusian: свякро́ў (svjakrów) — spouse's mother
• Belarusian: свякру́ха (svjakrúxa) — spouse's mother
• Belarusian: це́шча (cjéšča) — spouse's mother
• Bulgarian: свекъ́рва (svekǎ́rva) — spouse's mother
• Bulgarian: тъ́ща (tǎ́šta) — spouse's mother
• Burmese: ယောက္ခမ (yaukhka.ma.) — spouse's mother
• Catalan: sogra — spouse's mother
• Chinese: 大家 (ta-ke, tā-ke, tōa-kee) — spouse's mother
• Chinese: 丈姆 (zh-min-nan) — spouse's mother
• Chinese: 丈姆婆 (zh-min-nan) — spouse's mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 婆婆 (pópo) — spouse's mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 岳母 (yuèmǔ) — spouse's mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 丈母娘 (zhàngmuniáng) — spouse's mother
• Cornish: hweger — spouse's mother
• Crimean Tatar: qaynana — spouse's mother
• Czech: tchýně — spouse's mother
• Czech: tchyně — spouse's mother
• Danish: svigermor — spouse's mother
• Dutch: schoonmoeder — spouse's mother
• Esperanto: bopatrino — spouse's mother
• Estonian: ämm — spouse's mother
• Faroese: vermóðir — spouse's mother
• Faroese: vermamma — spouse's mother
• Finnish: anoppi — spouse's mother
• French: belle-mère — spouse's mother
• Friulian: madone — spouse's mother
• Galician: sogra — spouse's mother
• Georgian: სიდედრი (sidedri) — spouse's mother
• Georgian: დედამთილი (dedamtili) — spouse's mother
• German: Schwiegermutter — spouse's mother
• German: Schwäherin — spouse's mother
• Gooniyandi: marriyali — spouse's mother
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 (swaihrō) — spouse's mother
• Greek: πεθερά (petherá) — spouse's mother
• Ancient Greek: πενθερά (pentherá) — spouse's mother
• Ancient Greek: ἑκυρά (hekurá) — spouse's mother
• Greenlandic: saki — spouse's mother
• Hebrew: חָמוֹת (khamót) — spouse's mother
• Hebrew: חוֹתֶנֶת (khoténet) — spouse's mother
• Hindi: सास (sās) — spouse's mother
• Hungarian: anyós — spouse's mother
• Hunsrik: Schwieghermutter — spouse's mother
• Icelandic: tengdamamma — spouse's mother
• Icelandic: tengdamóðir — spouse's mother
• Icelandic: tengdó — spouse's mother
• Ido: bomatro — spouse's mother
• Ilocano: katugangan a babai — spouse's mother
• Indonesian: mertua perempuan — spouse's mother
• Indonesian: ibu mertua — spouse's mother
• Ingrian: ämmä — spouse's mother
• Ingrian: ämmö — spouse's mother
• Interlingua: matre affin — spouse's mother
• Irish: máthair chéile — spouse's mother
• Italian: suocera — spouse's mother
• Japanese: 姑 (shūtome) — spouse's mother
• Japanese: 義母 (gibo) — spouse's mother
• Japanese: 義理の母 (giri-no-haha) — spouse's mother
• Kaqchikel: alinam — spouse's mother
• Kashmiri: ہَش (haś) — spouse's mother
• Khmer: ម្ដាយក្មេក (mdaaykmeek) — spouse's mother
• Korean: 시어머니 (sieomeoni) — spouse's mother
• Korean: 장모 (jangmo) — spouse's mother
• Krisa: sami — spouse's mother
• Central Kurdish: خەسوو (xesû) — spouse's mother
• Northern Kurdish: xesû — spouse's mother
• Ladino: esfuegra — spouse's mother
• Ladino: es-huegra — spouse's mother
• Ladino: suegra — spouse's mother
• Lao: ແມ່ຜົວ (mǣ phūa) — spouse's mother
• Lao: ແມ່ເມັຽ (mǣ mīa) — spouse's mother
• Lao: ສະວະສະລຸ (sa wa sa lu) — spouse's mother
• Lao: ສະສຸຣີ (sa su rī) — spouse's mother
• Lao: ສັດສຸ (sat su) — spouse's mother
• Latin: socrus — spouse's mother
• Latin: socra — spouse's mother
• Lithuanian: uošvė — spouse's mother
• Lithuanian: anyta — spouse's mother
• Luxembourgish: Schwéiermamm — spouse's mother
• Macedonian: све́крва (svékrva) — spouse's mother
• Macedonian: те́шта (téšta) — spouse's mother
• Macedonian: ба́ба (bába) — spouse's mother
• Malay: ibu mertua — spouse's mother
• Malay: emak mertua — spouse's mother
• Brunei Malay: mama mantua — spouse's mother
• Manx: moir 'sy leigh — spouse's mother
• Māori: hungarei — spouse's mother
• Māori: hungawai — spouse's mother
• Marathi: सासू (sāsū) — spouse's mother
• Eastern Mari: ава (ava) — spouse's mother
• Mauritian Creole: belme — spouse's mother
• Middle English: moder in lawe — spouse's mother
• Mwani: mukwe — spouse's mother
• Norman: belle-méthe — spouse's mother
• Norwegian Bokmål: svigermor — spouse's mother
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svigermor — spouse's mother
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vermor — spouse's mother
• Occitan: sògra — spouse's mother
• Odia: ଆଈଶାଶୁ (āiśāśu) — spouse's mother
• Northern Ohlone: 'úqi — spouse's mother
• Church Slavic: свекрꙑ (svekry) — spouse's mother
• Church Slavic: тьща (tĭšta) — spouse's mother
• Old English: sweġer — spouse's mother
• Old Tupi: mendy — spouse's mother
• Pashto: خواښې — spouse's mother
• Pennsylvania German: Schwiegern — spouse's mother
• Pennsylvania German: Schwaermammi — spouse's mother
• Pennsylvania German: Schwiegermudder — spouse's mother
• Persian: مادرشوهر (mâdar-šowhar) — spouse's mother
• Persian: مادرزن (mâdar-zan) — spouse's mother
• Persian: خشو (xošu) — spouse's mother
• Plautdietsch: Schwiamutta — spouse's mother
• Polish: teściowa — spouse's mother
• Polish: świekra — spouse's mother
• Portuguese: sogra — spouse's mother
• Punjabi: ਸੱਸ (sassa) — spouse's mother
• Punjabi: سَسّ (sass) — spouse's mother
• Quechua: aqu — spouse's mother
• Quechua: kisma — spouse's mother
• Quechua: kiwach — spouse's mother
• Romani: sasuj — spouse's mother
• Romanian: soacră — spouse's mother
• Romanian: mamă-soacră — spouse's mother
• Russian: свекро́вь (svekróvʹ) — spouse's mother
• Russian: свекру́ха (svekrúxa) — spouse's mother
• Russian: тёща (tjóšča) — spouse's mother
• Northern Sami: vuoni — spouse's mother
• Northern Sami: vuonesássa — spouse's mother
• Skolt-Sami: vueʹn — spouse's mother
• Sanskrit: श्वश्रू (śvaśrū) — spouse's mother
• Sardinian: socra — spouse's mother
• Scots: guid-mither — spouse's mother
• Scottish Gaelic: màthair-chèile — spouse's mother
• Serbo-Croatian: свекрва — spouse's mother
• Serbo-Croatian: ташта — spouse's mother
• Serbo-Croatian: svekrva — spouse's mother
• Serbo-Croatian: tašta — spouse's mother
• Seri: aaquéect cmaam — spouse's mother
• Sicilian: sòggira — spouse's mother
• Sikkimese: སྒྱུགམ (sgyugm) — spouse's mother
• Slovak: svokra — spouse's mother
• Slovak: svekruša — spouse's mother
• Slovene: tašča — spouse's mother
• Spanish: suegra — spouse's mother
• Old Spanish: suegra — spouse's mother
• Swahili: mama mkwe — spouse's mother
• Swedish: svärmor — spouse's mother
• Sylheti: ꠢꠠꠤ (hoṛi) — spouse's mother
• Tagalog: biyanang-babae — spouse's mother
• Tamil: மாமியார் (māmiyār) — spouse's mother
• Taos: kána — spouse's mother
• Tarifit: taḍeggwač — spouse's mother
• Telugu: అత్త (atta) — spouse's mother
• Thai: แม่สามี (mɛ̂ɛ-sǎa-mii) — spouse's mother
• Thai: แม่ยาย (mɛ̂ɛ-yaai) — spouse's mother
• Thai: แม่ผัว (mɛ̂ɛ-pǔua) — spouse's mother
• Tupinambá: mendy — spouse's mother
• Tupinambá: (husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó — spouse's mother
• Turkish: kaynana — spouse's mother
• Turkish: kayınvalide — spouse's mother
• Turkish: hanımanne — spouse's mother
• Turkmen: gaýynene — spouse's mother
• Udi: сейне (sejne) — spouse's mother
• Ukrainian: свекру́ха (svekrúxa) — spouse's mother
• Ukrainian: те́ща (téšča) — spouse's mother
• Urdu: ساس (sās) — spouse's mother
• Uyghur: قېينىنا (qëynina) — spouse's mother
• Vietnamese: mẹ chồng — spouse's mother
• Vietnamese: mẹ vợ — spouse's mother
• Volapük: lümot — spouse's mother
• Võro: ämm — spouse's mother
• Welsh: chwegr — spouse's mother
• Welsh: mam yng nghyfraith — spouse's mother
• Yiddish: שוויגער (shviger) — spouse's mother