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sister-in-law

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: sĭs'tər
  • General-American: /ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪs.tə.ɪn.lɔː/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 S T ER0 IH0 N L AO2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:

The sister of one's spouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:

The wife of one's sibling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • My sister-in-law and my brother met while they were both on vacation in Jamaica.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law.

The wife of the sibling of one's spouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law.

The sister of the spouse of one's sibling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the sister of your spouse

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

Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + -in-law.

Across languages

Translations

446 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aklanon: hipag — wife's sister
  • Albanian: kunatë — wife's sister
  • Arabic: أُخْت زَوْجَة (ʔuḵt zawja) — wife's sister
  • Arabic: سِلْفَة (silfa) — wife's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܬܵܐ (barḥmāytā) — wife's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܬ݂ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (ḥāṯ baḵtā) — wife's sister
  • Armenian: քենի (kʻeni) — wife's sister
  • Asturian: cuñada — wife's sister
  • Azerbaijani: baldız — wife's sister
  • Bhojpuri: साली (sālī) — wife's sister
  • Central Bikol: hipag — wife's sister
  • Bulgarian: балдъза (baldǎza) — wife's sister
  • Burmese: ခယ်မ (hkaima.) — wife's sister
  • Burmese: မရီး (ma.ri:) — wife's sister
  • Catalan: cunyada — wife's sister
  • Cebuano: hipag (disused) — wife's sister
  • Cebuano: bayaw — wife's sister
  • Cebuano: bayaw nga babaye (sa asawa) — wife's sister
  • Chamicuro: pus̈hana — wife's sister
  • Chinese: 大姨 (tōa-î) — wife's sister
  • Chinese: 姨仔 (î-á) — wife's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大姨子 (dàyízi) — wife's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姨姐 (yíjiě) — wife's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小姨子 (xiǎoyízi) — wife's sister
  • Czech: švagrová — wife's sister
  • Danish: svigerinde — wife's sister
  • Dutch: schoonzus — wife's sister
  • Dutch: schoonzuster — wife's sister
  • Esperanto: bofratino — wife's sister
  • Estonian: käli — wife's sister
  • Finnish: käly — wife's sister
  • French: belle-sœur — wife's sister
  • Friulian: cugnade — wife's sister
  • Galician: cuñada — wife's sister
  • Georgian: ცოლიდა (colida) — wife's sister
  • German: Schwägerin — wife's sister
  • German: Geschwiie — wife's sister
  • Gooniyandi: garingi — wife's sister
  • Greek: κουνιάδα (kouniáda) — wife's sister
  • Gujarati: સાળી (sāḷī) — wife's sister
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: dyiiral — wife's sister
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: munamuna — wife's sister
  • Hebrew: גִּיסָה (gisá) — wife's sister
  • Hindi: साली (sālī) — wife's sister
  • Hungarian: sógornő — wife's sister
  • Icelandic: mágkona — wife's sister
  • Ido: bofratino — wife's sister
  • Ilocano: ipag — wife's sister
  • Ingrian: nato — wife's sister
  • Italian: cognata — wife's sister
  • Japanese: 義姉 (gishi) — wife's sister
  • Japanese: 義妹 (gimai) — wife's sister
  • Japanese: 義理の姉 (giri no ane) — wife's sister
  • Japanese: 義理の妹 (giri no imōto) — wife's sister
  • Kashmiri: سال (sāl) — wife's sister
  • Korean: 처제 (cheoje) — wife's sister
  • Korean: 처형 (cheohyeong) — wife's sister
  • Central Kurdish: ژنخوشک (jinxuşk) — wife's sister
  • Northern Kurdish: diş — wife's sister
  • Latgalian: svaiņe — wife's sister
  • Latin: glōs — wife's sister
  • Latvian: svaine — wife's sister
  • Lithuanian: sváinė — wife's sister
  • Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch — wife's sister
  • Malay: kakak ipar — wife's sister
  • Malay: adik ipar — wife's sister
  • Manchu: ᠪᠠᡧᠠ (baša) — wife's sister
  • Manchu: ᡴᡝᡴᡝ (keke) — wife's sister
  • Mansaka: ipag — wife's sister
  • Māori: auwahine — wife's sister
  • Maranao: ipag — wife's sister
  • Murrinh-Patha: kartu purrima — wife's sister
  • Mwani: wifi — wife's sister
  • Norman: belle-soeu — wife's sister
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svigerinne — wife's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerinne — wife's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versyster — wife's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versøster — wife's sister
  • Occitan: conhada — wife's sister
  • Pashto: خوښینه — wife's sister
  • Pennsylvania German: Gschwei — wife's sister
  • Persian: خیازنه (xayâzne) — wife's sister
  • Persian: خیاشنه (xayâšne) — wife's sister
  • Polish: szwagierka — wife's sister
  • Portuguese: cunhada — wife's sister
  • Romanian: cumnată — wife's sister
  • Russian: неве́стка (nevéstka) — wife's sister
  • Russian: своя́ченица (svojáčenica) — wife's sister
  • Northern Sami: sivjjot — wife's sister
  • Sardinian: connada — wife's sister
  • Sardinian: connata — wife's sister
  • Scots: guid-sister — wife's sister
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile — wife's sister
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-bhean — wife's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: сваст — wife's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: свастика — wife's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: svast — wife's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: svastika — wife's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: svakinja — wife's sister
  • Seri: hicmajéete — wife's sister
  • Seri: himaquéte — wife's sister
  • Sicilian: cugnata — wife's sister
  • Slovak: švagriná — wife's sister
  • Slovene: svakinja — wife's sister
  • Spanish: cuñada — wife's sister
  • Swedish: svägerska — wife's sister
  • Tagalog: hipag — wife's sister
  • Tamil: கொழுந்தி (koḻunti) — wife's sister
  • Tarifit: tarwest — wife's sister
  • Turkish: baldız — wife's sister
  • Urdu: سالی (sālī) — wife's sister
  • Vietnamese: chị vợ — wife's sister
  • Vietnamese: em vợ — wife's sister
  • Volapük: lüsör — wife's sister
  • Walloon: bele-sour — wife's sister
  • Yindjibarndi: yarungu — wife's sister
  • Zazaki: wayceni — wife's sister
  • Albanian: kunatë — husband's sister
  • Arabic: أُخْت زَوْج (ʔuḵt zawj) — husband's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܬܵܐ (barḥmāytā) — husband's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܬ݂ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (ḥāṯ gaḇrā) — husband's sister
  • Armenian: տալ (tal) — husband's sister
  • Central Bikol: hipag — husband's sister
  • Bulgarian: зълва (zǎlva) — husband's sister
  • Burmese: ယောက်မ (yaukma.) — husband's sister
  • Catalan: cunyada — husband's sister
  • Cebuano: hipag (disused) — husband's sister
  • Cebuano: bayaw — husband's sister
  • Cebuano: bayaw nga babaye (sa bana) — husband's sister
  • Chamicuro: pus̈hana — husband's sister
  • Chinese: 大姑 (tōa-ko͘) — husband's sister
  • Chinese: 小姑 (sió-ko͘) — husband's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大姑 (dàgū) — husband's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小姑 (xiǎogū) — husband's sister
  • Czech: švagrová — husband's sister
  • Danish: svigerinde — husband's sister
  • Dutch: schoonzus — husband's sister
  • Dutch: schoonzuster — husband's sister
  • Erzya: кияло (kijalo) — husband's sister
  • Esperanto: bofratino — husband's sister
  • Estonian: nadu — husband's sister
  • Finnish: käly — husband's sister
  • Finnish: nato — husband's sister
  • French: belle-sœur — husband's sister
  • Georgian: მული (muli) — husband's sister
  • German: Schwägerin — husband's sister
  • Greek: κουνιάδα (kouniáda) — husband's sister
  • Ancient Greek: γάλως (gálōs) — husband's sister
  • Gujarati: નણંદ (naṇand) — husband's sister
  • Hebrew: גִּיסָה (gisá) — husband's sister
  • Hindi: ननद (nanad) — husband's sister
  • Hungarian: sógornő — husband's sister
  • Icelandic: mágkona — husband's sister
  • Ilocano: ipag — husband's sister
  • Ingrian: nato — husband's sister
  • Italian: cognata — husband's sister
  • Javanese: ipé — husband's sister
  • Old Javanese: ipe — husband's sister
  • Kashmiri: زام (zām) — husband's sister
  • Korean: 시누이 (sinu'i) — husband's sister
  • Korean: 형님 (hyeongnim) — husband's sister
  • Korean: 아가씨 (agassi) — husband's sister
  • Central Kurdish: دِش (diş) — husband's sister
  • Northern Kurdish: diş — husband's sister
  • Latgalian: muoseica — husband's sister
  • Latgalian: veiramuosa — husband's sister
  • Latin: glōs — husband's sister
  • Latvian: vīramāsa — husband's sister
  • Latvian: māsīca — husband's sister
  • Lithuanian: moša — husband's sister
  • Lithuanian: vyro sesuo — husband's sister
  • Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch — husband's sister
  • Malay: kakak ipar — husband's sister
  • Malay: adik ipar — husband's sister
  • Malay: ipar — husband's sister
  • Māori: taokete — husband's sister
  • Mwani: wifi — husband's sister
  • Norman: belle-soeu — husband's sister
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svigerinne — husband's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerinne — husband's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versyster — husband's sister
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versøster — husband's sister
  • Oromo: sayyuu — husband's sister
  • Pashto: اندرور — husband's sister
  • Pashto: ندرور — husband's sister
  • Polish: szwagierka — husband's sister
  • Portuguese: cunhada — husband's sister
  • Romanian: cumnată — husband's sister
  • Russian: неве́стка (nevéstka) — husband's sister
  • Russian: золо́вка (zolóvka) — husband's sister
  • Northern Sami: mannji — husband's sister
  • Sanskrit: ननान्दृ (nanāndṛ) — husband's sister
  • Scots: guid-sister — husband's sister
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile — husband's sister
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-fhear — husband's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: заова — husband's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaova — husband's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: šogorica — husband's sister
  • Seri: hiquéec — husband's sister
  • Slovak: švagriná — husband's sister
  • Slovak: zolvica — husband's sister
  • Slovene: svakinja — husband's sister
  • Spanish: cuñada — husband's sister
  • Swedish: svägerska — husband's sister
  • Tagalog: hipag — husband's sister
  • Tamil: மச்சினி (macciṉi) — husband's sister
  • Turkish: görümce — husband's sister
  • Urdu: نَنْد (nand) — husband's sister
  • Urdu: نَنَد (nanad) — husband's sister
  • Urdu: نَنَنْد (nanand) — husband's sister
  • Vietnamese: chị chồng — husband's sister
  • Vietnamese: em chồng — husband's sister
  • Volapük: lüsör — husband's sister
  • Walloon: bele-sour — husband's sister
  • Yindjibarndi: binthi — husband's sister
  • Zazaki: gorım — husband's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܬ݂ܵܐ (kalṯā) — brother's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܲܠܦܬ݂ܵܐ (salpṯā) — brother's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܐܲܚܵܐ (baḵt aḥḥā) — brother's wife
  • Armenian: հարս (hars) — brother's wife
  • Bashkir: килен (kilen) — brother's wife
  • Bashkir: еңгә (yeñgə) — brother's wife
  • Bengali: ভাবী (bhabi) — brother's wife
  • Bengali: ভাউজ (bhauj) — brother's wife
  • Central Bikol: hipag — brother's wife
  • Bulgarian: снаха (snaha) — brother's wife
  • Burmese: ယောက်မ (yaukma.) — brother's wife
  • Burmese: မရီး (ma.ri:) — brother's wife
  • Burmese: ခယ်မ (hkaima.) — brother's wife
  • Catalan: cunyada — brother's wife
  • Cebuano: hipag (disused) — brother's wife
  • Cebuano: bayaw — brother's wife
  • Cebuano: bayaw nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki) — brother's wife
  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿嫂 (aa3 sou2) — brother's wife
  • Chinese Cantonese: 弟婦 /弟妇 (dai6 fu5) — brother's wife
  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿妗 (aa3 kam5) — brother's wife
  • Chinese: 阿嫂 (zh-min-nan) — brother's wife
  • Chinese: 兄嫂 (hian-só) — brother's wife
  • Chinese: 小嬸 /小婶 (sió-chím) — brother's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嫂子 (sǎozi) — brother's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姒 (sì) — brother's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弟媳 (dìxí) — brother's wife
  • Czech: švagrová — brother's wife
  • Danish: svigerinde — brother's wife
  • Dutch: schoonzus — brother's wife
  • Dutch: schoonzuster — brother's wife
  • Esperanto: bofratino — brother's wife
  • Estonian: käli — brother's wife
  • Finnish: käly — brother's wife
  • French: belle-sœur — brother's wife
  • Georgian: ძმისცოლი (ʒmiscoli) — brother's wife
  • German: Schwägerin — brother's wife
  • Greek: νύφη (nýfi) — brother's wife
  • Ancient Greek: γάλως (gálōs) — brother's wife
  • Gujarati: ભાભી (bhābhī) — brother's wife
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: guman.ga — brother's wife
  • Hebrew: גִּיסָה (gisá) — brother's wife
  • Hindi: भाभी (bhābhī) — brother's wife
  • Hindi: देवरानी (devrānī) — brother's wife
  • Hungarian: sógornő — brother's wife
  • Icelandic: mágkona — brother's wife
  • Ilocano: ipag — brother's wife
  • Ingrian: käly — brother's wife
  • Ingrian: minni — brother's wife
  • Italian: cognata — brother's wife
  • Japanese: 兄嫁 (aniyome) — brother's wife
  • Japanese: 弟嫁 (otoyome) — brother's wife
  • Kashmiri: بٔے کاکَنؠ (bạy kākan') — brother's wife
  • Kashmiri: بٲے کاکَنؠ (bạ̄y kākan') — brother's wife
  • Korean: 제수 (jesu) — brother's wife
  • Korean: 계수 (gyesu) — brother's wife
  • Korean: 형수 (hyeongsu) — brother's wife
  • Korean: 올케 (olke) — brother's wife
  • Central Kurdish: بِراژِن (birajin) — brother's wife
  • Northern Kurdish: jinbira — brother's wife
  • Latgalian: mārša — brother's wife
  • Latin: frātria f uxor frātris — brother's wife
  • Latvian: mārša — brother's wife
  • Lithuanian: brolienė — brother's wife
  • Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch — brother's wife
  • Malay: kakak ipar — brother's wife
  • Malay: adik ipar — brother's wife
  • Mongolian: бэргэн (bergen) — brother's wife
  • Mongolian: бэр (ber) — brother's wife
  • Navajo: hayé — brother's wife
  • Nivkh: эмр (emr) — brother's wife
  • Norman: belle-soeu — brother's wife
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svigerinne — brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerinne — brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versyster — brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versøster — brother's wife
  • Old Church Slavonic: ѩтрꙑ (jętry) — brother's wife
  • Old English: brōþorwīf — brother's wife
  • Pannonian Rusyn: андя (andja) — brother's wife
  • Pashto: بابۍ — brother's wife
  • Pashto: ورېنداره — brother's wife
  • Paumarí: ʼananini — brother's wife
  • Pennsylvania German: Gschwei — brother's wife
  • Polish: bratowa — brother's wife
  • Portuguese: cunhada — brother's wife
  • Punjabi: ਭਰਜਾਈ (bharjāī) — brother's wife
  • Punjabi: ਭਾਬੀ (bhābī) — brother's wife
  • Punjabi: بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) — brother's wife
  • Punjabi: بھابی (bhābī) — brother's wife
  • Romanian: cumnată — brother's wife
  • Russian: неве́стка (nevéstka) — brother's wife
  • Scots: guid-sister — brother's wife
  • Scottish Gaelic: bean-bhràthair — brother's wife
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile — brother's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: снаха — brother's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: snaha — brother's wife
  • Seri: hicatazáta — brother's wife
  • Seri: hicmajéete — brother's wife
  • Seri: hicóaac — brother's wife
  • Slovak: švagriná — brother's wife
  • Slovene: svakinja — brother's wife
  • Spanish: cuñada — brother's wife
  • Swedish: svägerska — brother's wife
  • Tagalog: inso — brother's wife
  • Tagalog: hipag — brother's wife
  • Tamil: அண்ணி (aṇṇi) — brother's wife
  • Turkish: yenge — brother's wife
  • Udi: вичечубух (vičečubuꭓ) — brother's wife
  • Urdu: بھابی (bhābī) — brother's wife
  • Urdu: بھاوَج (bhāvaj) — brother's wife
  • Urdu: بھوجائی (bhojāī) — brother's wife
  • Vietnamese: chị dâu — brother's wife
  • Vietnamese: em dâu — brother's wife
  • Walloon: bele-sour — brother's wife
  • Yindjibarndi: binthi — brother's wife
  • Yindjibarndi: yarungu — brother's wife
  • Zazaki: bıraceni — brother's wife
  • Swedish: svägerska — sister's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܵܐ (baḵt barḥmāyā) — wife's brother's wife
  • Armenian: հարս (hars) — wife's brother's wife
  • Central Bikol: bilas — wife's brother's wife
  • Catalan: cunyada — wife's brother's wife
  • Cebuano: bilas nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki sa asawa) — wife's brother's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舅嫂 (jiùsǎo) — wife's brother's wife
  • Czech: švagrová — wife's brother's wife
  • Dutch: schoonzus — wife's brother's wife
  • Dutch: schoonzuster — wife's brother's wife
  • Esperanto: bofratino — wife's brother's wife
  • Estonian: käli — wife's brother's wife
  • Finnish: käly — wife's brother's wife
  • French: belle-sœur — wife's brother's wife
  • German: Schwippschwägerin — wife's brother's wife
  • Gujarati: સાળેલી (sāḷelī) — wife's brother's wife
  • Hebrew: גִּיסָה (gisá) — wife's brother's wife
  • Hindi: सलहज (salhaj) — wife's brother's wife
  • Hungarian: sógornő — wife's brother's wife
  • Icelandic: svilkona — wife's brother's wife
  • Ilocano: abirat a babai — wife's brother's wife
  • Italian: cognata — wife's brother's wife
  • Kashmiri: ۂہرٕ باے (hạhrụ bāy) — wife's brother's wife
  • Korean: 처남댁 (cheonamdaek) — wife's brother's wife
  • Malay: biras — wife's brother's wife
  • Norman: belle-soeu — wife's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svigerinne — wife's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerinne — wife's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versyster — wife's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versøster — wife's brother's wife
  • Pannonian Rusyn: андя (andja) — wife's brother's wife
  • Pashto: یور — wife's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: esposa do cunhado — wife's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: mulher do cunhado — wife's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: concunhada — wife's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: cunhada — wife's brother's wife
  • Romanian: cumnată — wife's brother's wife
  • Russian: неве́стка (nevéstka) — wife's brother's wife
  • Northern Sami: spile — wife's brother's wife
  • Scots: guid-sister — wife's brother's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: шурјакиња — wife's brother's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: šurjakinja — wife's brother's wife
  • Spanish: cuñada — wife's brother's wife
  • Swedish: svägerska — wife's brother's wife
  • Tagalog: bilas na babae — wife's brother's wife
  • Turkish: elti — wife's brother's wife
  • Udi: севичейчугьух (sevičejčuhuꭓ) — wife's brother's wife
  • Urdu: سَلْہَج (salhaj) — wife's brother's wife
  • Urdu: سالے کی بِیوِی (sāle kī bīvī) — wife's brother's wife
  • Vietnamese: chị dâu — wife's brother's wife
  • Vietnamese: em dâu — wife's brother's wife
  • Zazaki: cêri — wife's brother's wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܕ݂ܲܡܬܵܐ (īḏamtā) — husband's brother's wife
  • Armenian: տագերակին (tagerakin) — husband's brother's wife
  • Central Bikol: bilas — husband's brother's wife
  • Catalan: cunyada — husband's brother's wife
  • Cebuano: bilas nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki sa bana) — husband's brother's wife
  • Czech: švagrová — husband's brother's wife
  • Dutch: schoonzus — husband's brother's wife
  • Dutch: schoonzuster — husband's brother's wife
  • Esperanto: bofratino — husband's brother's wife
  • Estonian: käli — husband's brother's wife
  • Finnish: käly — husband's brother's wife
  • French: belle-sœur — husband's brother's wife
  • German: Schwippschwägerin — husband's brother's wife
  • Greek: συννυφάδα (synnyfáda) — husband's brother's wife
  • Ancient Greek: ἐνάτηρ (enátēr) — husband's brother's wife
  • Gujarati: જેઠાણી (jeṭhāṇī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Gujarati: દેરાણી (derāṇī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Hebrew: גִּיסָה (gisá) — husband's brother's wife
  • Hindi: जेठानी (jeṭhānī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Hindi: देवरानी (devrānī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Hungarian: sógornő — husband's brother's wife
  • Icelandic: svilkona — husband's brother's wife
  • Ilocano: abirat a babai — husband's brother's wife
  • Italian: cognata — husband's brother's wife
  • Kashmiri: درٕٛے کاکَنؠ — husband's brother's wife
  • Konkani: जाव (jāv) — husband's brother's wife
  • Korean: 동서 (dongseo) — husband's brother's wife
  • Central Kurdish: ھێوەرژِن (hêwerjin) — husband's brother's wife
  • Northern Kurdish: jintî — husband's brother's wife
  • Latgalian: ītaļa — husband's brother's wife
  • Latvian: ietaļa — husband's brother's wife
  • Lithuanian: brolienė — husband's brother's wife
  • Malay: biras — husband's brother's wife
  • Norman: belle-soeu — husband's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svigerinne — husband's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svigerinne — husband's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versyster — husband's brother's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: versøster — husband's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: esposa do cunhado — husband's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: mulher do cunhado — husband's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: concunhada — husband's brother's wife
  • Portuguese: cunhada — husband's brother's wife
  • Romanian: cumnată — husband's brother's wife
  • Russian: неве́стка (nevéstka) — husband's brother's wife
  • Northern Sami: gálojeatni — husband's brother's wife
  • Sanskrit: यातृ (yātṛ) — husband's brother's wife
  • Scots: guid-sister — husband's brother's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: јетрва — husband's brother's wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: jetrva — husband's brother's wife
  • Seri: hilxcmaam — husband's brother's wife
  • Spanish: cuñada — husband's brother's wife
  • Swedish: svägerska — husband's brother's wife
  • Tagalog: bilas na babae — husband's brother's wife
  • Tamil: அக்கா (akkā) — husband's brother's wife
  • Tamil: தங்கை (taṅkai) — husband's brother's wife
  • Torres Strait Creole: neitawet — husband's brother's wife
  • Turkish: elti — husband's brother's wife
  • Urdu: دیوْرَانی (devrānī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Urdu: جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Urdu: جیٹھانی (jeṭhānī) — husband's brother's wife
  • Vietnamese: chị dâu — husband's brother's wife
  • Vietnamese: em dâu — husband's brother's wife
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