English[edit] Etymology[edit] From Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + in + law. Noun[edit] sister-in-law (plural sisters-in-law) A female relative of one’s generation, separated by one degree of marriage: The sister of one’s spouse. The wife of one’s sibling. (less common) Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one’s sibling-in-law. The wife of […]
English [ edit] Etymology [ edit] From Middle English suster-in-lawe ; equivalent to sister + in + law .
Noun [ edit] sister-in-law (plural sisters-in-law )
A female relative of one’s generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
The sister of one’s spouse.
The wife of one’s sibling.
( less common ) Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one’s sibling-in-law.
The wife of the sibling of one’s spouse.
The sister of the spouse of one’s sibling.
Usage notes [ edit] The plural sister-in-laws is occasionally seen, especially in American English, but this is considered incorrect by most sources; see, for example, [1].
Derived terms [ edit] Related terms [ edit] Translations [ edit]
wife’s sister
Albanian: kunatë (sq) f
Arabic: أُخْت زَوْجَة f ( ʾuḵt zawja ) , سِلْفَة f ( silfa )
Moroccan Arabic: نسيبة f ( nsība )
Armenian: քենի (hy) ( kʿeni )
Asturian: cuñada (ast) f
Bikol Central: hipag (bcl)
Bulgarian: балдъза (bg) f ( baldǎza )
Burmese: ခယ်မ (my) ( hkaima. ) , မရီး (my) ( ma.ri: )
Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
Cebuano: hipag ( disused ) , bayaw , bayaw nga babaye (sa asawa)
Chamicuro: pus̈hana
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大姨子 (zh) ( dàyízi ) ( wife’s older sister ) , 姨姐 (zh) ( yíjiě ) ( wife’s older sister ) , 小姨子 (zh) ( xiǎoyízi ) ( wife’s younger sister )
Min Nan: 大姨 ( tōa-î ) ( wife’s older sister ) , 姨仔 ( î-á ) ( wife’s younger sister )
Czech: švagrová (cs) f
Danish: svigerinde (da) c
Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f , schoonzuster (nl) f
Esperanto: bofratino
Estonian: käli (et)
Finnish: käly (fi)
French: belle-sœur (fr) f
Friulian: cugnade f
Galician: cuñada f
Georgian: ცოლიდა ( colida )
German: Schwägerin (de) f , Schwäherin f ( obsolete )
Alemannic German: Geschwiie f
Gooniyandi: garingi
Guugu Yimidhirr: dyiiral; munamuna ( avoidance )
Hebrew: גִּיסָה f ( gisá )
Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
Ido: bofratino (io)
Italian: cognata (it) f
Japanese: 義姉 (ja) ( gishi ) (older), 義妹 (ja) ( gimai ) (younger), 義理の姉 ( giri no ane ) , 義理の妹 ( giri no imōto )
Korean: 형수 (ko) ( hyeongsu ) , 계수 (ko) ( gyesu ) , 시누이 (ko) ( sinu-i ) , 올케 (ko) ( olke ) , 처제 (ko) ( cheoje ) , 처형 (ko) ( cheohyeong ) , 동서 (ko) ( dongseo )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژنخوشک ( jinxuşk )
Latgalian: svaiņe
Latvian: svaine
Lithuanian: svainė
Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
Maori: taokete ( of a female ) , auwahine ( of a male )
Murrinh-Patha: kartu purrima
Mwani: wifi
Norman: belle-soeu f
Northern Sami: sivjjot
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f , versyster f , versøster f
Occitan: conhada (oc) f
Persian: خیازنه ( xayâzne ) , خیاشنه ( xayâšne )
Polish: szwagierka (pl) f
Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
Russian: неве́стка (ru) f ( nevéstka ) , своя́ченица (ru) f ( svojáčenica )
Sardinian: connada f , connata f
Scots: guid-sister
Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f , piuthar-bhean f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сваст f , свастика f
Roman: svast (sh) f , svastika (sh) f , svakinja
Seri: hicmajéete (wife’s older sister); himaquéte (wife’s younger sister)
Sicilian: cugnata (scn) f
Slovak: švagriná (sk) f
Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
Spanish: cuñada (es) f
Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
Tagalog: hipag (tl)
Tamil: கொழுந்தி (ta) ( koḻunti )
Turkish: baldız (tr)
Vietnamese: em vợ
Volapük: lüsör (vo)
Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
Yindjibarndi: yarungu
husband’s sister
Albanian: kunatë (sq) f
Arabic: أُخْت زَوْج f ( ʾuḵt zawj )
Moroccan Arabic: لوسة f ( lūsa )
Armenian: տալ (hy) ( tal )
Bikol Central: hipag (bcl)
Burmese: ယောက်မ (my) ( yaukma. )
Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
Cebuano: hipag ( disused ) , bayaw , bayaw nga babaye (sa bana)
Chamicuro: pus̈hana
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大姑 (zh) ( dàgū ) ( husband’s older sister ) , 小姑 (zh) ( xiǎogū ) ( husband’s younger sister )
Min Nan: 大姑 ( tōa-ko͘ ) ( husband’s older sister ) , 小姑 ( sió-ko͘ ) ( husband’s younger sister )
Czech: švagrová (cs) f
Danish: svigerinde (da) c
Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f , schoonzuster (nl) f
Erzya: кияло ( kijalo )
Esperanto: bofratino
Estonian: nadu (et)
Finnish: käly (fi) , nato (fi) ( archaic )
French: belle-sœur (fr) f
Georgian: მული ( muli )
German: Schwägerin (de) f , Schwäherin f ( obsolete )
Hebrew: גִּיסָה f ( gisá )
Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
Italian: cognata (it) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دِش (ku) ( diş )
Latgalian: muoseica , veiramuosa
Latin: glōs f
Latvian: vīramāsa , māsīca
Lithuanian: moša , vyro sesuo
brother’s wife
Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: مراة خو f ( mrāt ḥū )
Armenian: հարս (hy) ( hars )
Bashkir: килен ( kilen ) ( younger brother’s wife ) , еңгә ( yeñgä ) ( elder brother’s wife )
Bikol Central: hipag (bcl)
Burmese: ယောက်မ (my) ( yaukma. ) , မရီး (my) ( ma.ri: ) , ခယ်မ (my) ( hkaima. )
Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
Cebuano: hipag ( disused ) , bayaw , bayaw nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿嫂 ( aa3 sou2 ) ( older brother’s wife ) , 弟婦 , 弟妇 ( dai6 fu5 ) ( younger brother’s wife ) , 阿妗 ( aa3 kam5 ) ( younger brother’s wife )
Mandarin: 嫂子 (zh) ( sǎozi ) ( older brother’s wife ) , 弟媳 (zh) ( dìxí ) ( younger brother’s wife )
Min Nan: 阿嫂 (zh-min-nan) ( a-só ) ( older brother’s wife ) , 兄嫂 ( hiaⁿ-só ) ( older brother’s wife ) , 小嬸 , 小婶 ( sió-chím ) ( younger brother’s wife )
Czech: švagrová (cs) f
Danish: svigerinde (da) c
Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f , schoonzuster (nl) f
Esperanto: bofratino
Estonian: käli (et)
Finnish: käly (fi)
French: belle-sœur (fr) f
Georgian: ძმისცოლი ( ʒmiscoli )
German: Schwägerin (de) f , Schwäherin f ( obsolete )
Greek: νύφη (el) f ( nýfi )
Guugu Yimidhirr: guman.ga
Hebrew: גִּיסָה f ( gisá )
Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
Italian: cognata (it) f
Japanese: 兄嫁 ( aniyome ) , 弟嫁 ( otoyome )
Korean: 제수 (ko) ( jesu ) ( a man’s younger brother’s wife ) , 형수 (ko) ( hyeongsu ) ( a man’s older brother’s wife ) , 올케 (ko) ( olke ) ( woman’s brother’s wife ) , 새언니 ( saeeonni ) ( woman’s older brother’s wife, lit. “new older sister” )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بِراژِن (ku) ( birajin )
Latgalian: mārša
Latin: frātria f
Latvian: mārša
Lithuanian: brolienė
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