My brother-in-law is ready to lose his temper at trifles.
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Brother-in-law
//ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ//
Synonyms for "brother-in-law"
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521 translations across 115 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- swaer noun (brother of one's husband)
- swaer noun (brother of one's wife)
Albanian
2 entries- kunat noun (brother of one's husband)
- kunat noun (brother of one's wife)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δαήρ noun (brother of one's husband)
Arabic
3 entries- سِلْف noun (brother of one's husband)
- شَقِيق زَوْج noun (brother of one's husband)
- شَقِيق زَوْجَة noun (brother of one's husband)
Armenian
4 entries- աներձագ noun (brother of one's wife)
- աներորդի noun (brother of one's wife)
- բաջանաղ noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- բաջանաղ noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Aromanian
1 entries- cumnat noun (brother of one's husband)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
4 entries- ܐܝܼܕ݂ܡܵܐ noun (brother of one's husband)
- ܐܲܚܘܼ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ noun (brother of one's wife)
- ܐܲܚܘܼ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ noun (brother of one's husband)
- ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܵܐ noun (brother of one's wife)
Asturian
4 entries- concuñáu noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- concuñáu noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- cuñáu noun (brother of one's husband)
- cuñáu noun (brother of one's wife)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- bacanaq noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- qayın noun (brother of one's husband)
- qayın noun (brother of one's wife)
- yeznə noun (husband of one's sister)
Bashkir
1 entries- бажа noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Bats
1 entries- ბა̄ჯ noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Bengali
3 entries- দেবর noun (brother of one's husband)
- শালা noun (brother of one's wife)
- শ্যালক noun (brother of one's wife)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- साला noun (brother of one's wife)
Bikol Central
4 entries- bayaw noun (brother of one's husband)
- bayaw noun (brother of one's wife)
- bayaw noun (husband of one's sister)
- bilas noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Bulgarian
4 entries- баджанак noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- девер noun (brother of one's husband)
- зет noun (husband of one's sister)
- зет noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Burmese
4 entries- ခဲအို noun (brother of one's husband)
- ခဲအို noun (husband of one's sister)
- မတ် noun (brother of one's husband)
- မတ် noun (husband of one's sister)
Catalan
3 entries- cunyat noun (brother of one's husband)
- cunyat noun (brother of one's wife)
- cunyat noun (husband of one's sister)
Cebuano
4 entries- bayaw noun (brother of one's husband)
- bayaw noun (brother of one's wife)
- bayaw noun (husband of one's sister)
- bayaw nga lalaki (sa asawa) noun (brother of one's wife)
Central Kurdish
4 entries- ئاواڵزاوا noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- زاوا noun (husband of one's sister)
- ژِنبِرا noun (brother of one's wife)
- ھێوەر noun (brother of one's husband)
Chechen
1 entries- бажа noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Chinese
4 entries- 大伯 noun (brother of one's husband)
- 大舅 noun (brother of one's wife)
- 妹婿 noun (husband of one's sister)
- 妻舅 noun (brother of one's wife)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 叔仔 noun (brother of one's husband)
- 大伯 noun (brother of one's husband)
- 大舅 noun (brother of one's wife)
- 妹夫 noun (husband of one's sister)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 内兄 大舅子 noun (brother of one's wife)
- 内弟 noun (brother of one's wife)
- 大伯子 noun (brother of one's husband)
- 大舅 noun (brother of one's wife)
Chuvash
1 entries- хунчӑкам noun (brother of one's husband)
Czech
3 entries- švagr noun (brother of one's husband)
- švagr noun (brother of one's wife)
- švagr noun (husband of one's sister)
Dalmatian
1 entries- comnut noun (brother of one's husband)
Danish
4 entries- svoger noun (brother of one's husband)
- svoger noun (brother of one's wife)
- svoger noun (husband of one's sister)
- svoger noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Dutch
4 entries- schoonbroer noun (brother of one's husband)
- schoonbroer noun (brother of one's wife)
- schoonbroer noun (husband of one's sister)
- schoonbroer noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- веҥе noun (husband of one's sister)
Erzya
4 entries- альне noun (brother of one's husband)
- какжаля noun (brother of one's husband)
- парайде noun (brother of one's husband)
- шичаля noun (husband of one's sister)
Esperanto
4 entries- bofrato noun (brother of one's husband)
- bofrato noun (brother of one's wife)
- bofrato noun (husband of one's sister)
- bofrato noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Estonian
4 entries- kälimees noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- küdi noun (brother of one's husband)
- nääl noun (brother of one's wife)
- õemees noun (husband of one's sister)
Ewe
3 entries- nyo noun (brother of one's husband)
- nyo noun (brother of one's wife)
- nyo noun (husband of one's sister)
Finnish
4 entries- kyty noun (brother of one's husband)
- lanko noun (brother of one's husband)
- lanko noun (brother of one's wife)
- lanko noun (husband of one's sister)
French
4 entries- beau-frère noun (brother of one's husband)
- beau-frère noun (brother of one's wife)
- beau-frère noun (husband of one's sister)
- beau-frère noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Friulian
1 entries- cugnât noun (brother of one's husband)
Gagauz
3 entries- dever noun (brother of one's husband)
- kayın noun (brother of one's husband)
- kayınçu noun (brother of one's husband)
Galician
3 entries- cuñado noun (brother of one's husband)
- cuñado noun (brother of one's wife)
- cuñado noun (husband of one's sister)
Georgian
4 entries- მაზლი noun (brother of one's husband)
- სიძე noun (husband of one's sister)
- ქვისლი noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- ცოლისძმა noun (brother of one's wife)
German
4 entries- Schwager noun (brother of one's husband)
- Schwager noun (brother of one's wife)
- Schwager noun (husband of one's sister)
- Schwippschwager noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Greek
4 entries- γαμπρός noun (husband of one's sister)
- κουνιάδος noun (brother of one's husband)
- κουνιάδος noun (brother of one's wife)
- μπατζανάκης noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Greenlandic
3 entries- ningaaq noun (brother of one's husband)
- ningaaq noun (brother of one's wife)
- ningaaq noun (husband of one's sister)
Hebrew
4 entries- גִּיס noun (brother of one's husband)
- גִּיס noun (brother of one's wife)
- גִּיס noun (husband of one's sister)
- גִּיס noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Hindi
4 entries- जीजा noun (husband of one's sister)
- जीजा noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- जेठ noun (brother of one's husband)
- देवर noun (brother of one's husband)
Hungarian
3 entries- sógor noun (brother of one's husband)
- sógor noun (brother of one's wife)
- sógor noun (husband of one's sister)
Icelandic
4 entries- mágur noun (brother of one's husband)
- mágur noun (brother of one's wife)
- mágur noun (husband of one's sister)
- svili noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Ido
3 entries- bofratulo noun (brother of one's husband)
- bofratulo noun (brother of one's wife)
- bofratulo noun (husband of one's sister)
Ilocano
4 entries- abirat a lalaki noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- abirat a lalaki noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- bayaw noun (brother of one's husband)
- bayaw noun (brother of one's wife)
Ingrian
4 entries- kyty noun (brother of one's husband)
- näälä noun (brother of one's wife)
- svojakka noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- vävy noun (husband of one's sister)
Ingush
1 entries- бажа noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Irish
3 entries- deartháir céile noun (brother of one's husband)
- deartháir céile noun (brother of one's wife)
- deartháir céile noun (husband of one's sister)
Italian
1 entries- cognato noun (brother of one's husband)
Japanese
4 entries- (お)義兄さん noun (brother of one's husband)
- (お)義兄さん noun (brother of one's wife)
- (お)義兄さん noun (husband of one's sister)
- 小舅 noun (brother of one's husband)
Kashmiri
4 entries- بیمہٕ noun (husband of one's sister)
- درُٛے noun (brother of one's husband)
- زٲمِیہِ noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- زٲمی noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Korean
4 entries- 동서 noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- 매부 noun (husband of one's sister)
- 시(媤)누 남편 noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- 시(媤)아주버니 noun (brother of one's husband)
Latgalian
2 entries- dīvers noun (brother of one's husband)
- svaiņs noun (brother of one's wife)
Latin
2 entries- lēvir noun (brother of one's husband)
- sororius noun (husband of one's sister)
Latvian
3 entries- dieveris noun (brother of one's husband)
- svainis noun (brother of one's wife)
- svainis noun (husband of one's sister)
Lithuanian
2 entries- dieveris noun (brother of one's husband)
- svainis noun (brother of one's wife)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- bratš cłowjeka noun (brother of one's husband)
- bratš žeński noun (brother of one's wife)
- sotśiny muski noun (husband of one's sister)
- swak noun (brother of one's husband)
Macedonian
4 entries- баџанак noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- баџо noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- девер noun (brother of one's husband)
- зет noun (husband of one's sister)
Malay
4 entries- abang ipar noun (brother of one's husband)
- abang ipar noun (brother of one's wife)
- abang ipar noun (husband of one's sister)
- abang ipar noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Maltese
1 entries- silf noun (brother of one's husband)
Maranao
1 entries- ipag noun (brother of one's husband)
Middle English
3 entries- brother-in-lawe noun (brother of one's husband)
- brother-in-lawe noun (brother of one's wife)
- brother-in-lawe noun (husband of one's sister)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ქვიშილი noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Mwani
2 entries- nlamu noun (brother of one's husband)
- nlamu noun (brother of one's wife)
Māori
2 entries- autāne noun (brother of one's husband)
- taokete noun (brother of one's husband)
Nanai
1 entries- кэли noun (brother of one's husband)
Navajo
1 entries- hayé noun (husband of one's sister)
Norman
4 entries- bieau-fréthe noun (brother of one's husband)
- bieau-fréthe noun (brother of one's wife)
- bieau-fréthe noun (husband of one's sister)
- bieau-fréthe noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- bûra noun (brother of one's wife)
- hevling noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- hevzava noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- tî noun (brother of one's husband)
Northern Sami
4 entries- máhka noun (brother of one's husband)
- máhka noun (brother of one's wife)
- máhka noun (husband of one's sister)
- spile noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- svoger noun (brother of one's husband)
- svoger noun (brother of one's wife)
- svoger noun (husband of one's sister)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- svoger noun (brother of one's husband)
- svoger noun (brother of one's wife)
- svoger noun (husband of one's sister)
- verbror noun (brother of one's husband)
Occitan
4 entries- conhat noun (brother of one's husband)
- conhat noun (brother of one's wife)
- cunhat noun (brother of one's husband)
- cunhat noun (brother of one's wife)
Old Czech
1 entries- deveř noun (brother of one's wife)
Old English
1 entries- tācor noun (brother of one's husband)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- انشته noun (husband of one's sister)
- انشته noun (husband of one's brother)
Pashto
4 entries- اخښي noun (husband of one's sister)
- اخښی noun (brother of one's wife)
- اوښی noun (husband of one's sister)
- باجه noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Pennsylvania German
3 entries- Schwoger noun (brother of one's husband)
- Schwoger noun (brother of one's wife)
- Schwoger noun (husband of one's sister)
Persian
1 entries- هیور noun (brother of one's husband)
Polish
4 entries- dziewierz noun (brother of one's husband)
- szurzy (arhaic or dialectal) noun (brother of one's wife)
- szwagier noun (brother of one's husband)
- szwagier noun (brother of one's wife)
Portuguese
4 entries- concunhado noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- concunhado noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- cunhado noun (brother of one's husband)
- cunhado noun (brother of one's wife)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਭਣਵਈਆ noun (husband of one's sister)
- ਭਣੂਜਾ noun (husband of one's sister)
Romani
2 entries- salo noun (brother of one's husband)
- salo noun (brother of one's wife)
Romanian
4 entries- cumnat noun (brother of one's husband)
- cumnat noun (brother of one's wife)
- cumnat noun (husband of one's sister)
- cumnat noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Russian
4 entries- де́верь noun (brother of one's husband)
- зять noun (husband of one's sister)
- зять noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- своя́к noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Sanskrit
4 entries- आबुत्त noun (husband of one's sister)
- जामातृ noun (husband of one's sister)
- देवर noun (brother of one's husband)
- देवृ noun (brother of one's husband)
Sardinian
3 entries- connadu noun (brother of one's husband)
- connatu noun (brother of one's husband)
- connau noun (brother of one's husband)
Scots
4 entries- guid-brither noun (brother of one's husband)
- guid-brither noun (brother of one's wife)
- guid-brither noun (husband of one's sister)
- guid-brither noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- bràthair-cèile noun (brother of one's husband)
- bràthair-cèile noun (brother of one's wife)
- bràthair-cèile noun (husband of one's sister)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bádžo noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- dȅver noun (brother of one's husband)
- pašánac noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- pašènog noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Sicilian
1 entries- cugnatu noun (brother of one's husband)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐུད་པོ noun (brother of one's wife)
Slovene
3 entries- svák noun (brother of one's husband)
- svák noun (brother of one's wife)
- svák noun (husband of one's sister)
Spanish
4 entries- concuñado noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- concuñado noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- cuñado noun (brother of one's husband)
- cuñado noun (brother of one's wife)
Svan
1 entries- მექუ̂შე̄ლ noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Swedish
4 entries- svärbror noun (brother of one's husband)
- svåger noun (brother of one's husband)
- svåger noun (brother of one's wife)
- svåger noun (husband of one's sister)
Tagalog
4 entries- bayaw noun (brother of one's husband)
- bayaw noun (brother of one's wife)
- bayaw noun (husband of one's sister)
- bilas na lalaki noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
Taos
4 entries- mą̀kupòpóna noun (brother of one's wife)
- mą̀kupòpóna noun (husband of one's sister)
- pòpóna noun (brother of one's husband)
- pòpóna noun (brother of one's wife)
Tarifit
2 entries- arwes noun (brother of one's husband)
- arwes noun (brother of one's wife)
Telugu
1 entries- బావ noun (husband of one's sister)
Turkish
4 entries- bacanak noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- enişte noun (husband of one's sister)
- enişte noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- kayın noun (brother of one's husband)
Tuvan
1 entries- бажа noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Udi
1 entries- севичи noun (brother of one's wife)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ді́вер noun (brother of one's husband)
- шу́рин noun (brother of one's wife)
Urdu
4 entries- جیٹھ noun (brother of one's husband)
- دیوَر noun (brother of one's husband)
- سالا noun (brother of one's wife)
- ساڑُھو noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Uyghur
1 entries- باجا noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
Venetan
4 entries- cognado noun (brother of one's husband)
- cognà noun (brother of one's husband)
- cugnado noun (brother of one's husband)
- cugnà noun (brother of one's husband)
Vietnamese
4 entries- anh chồng noun (brother of one's husband)
- anh rể noun (husband of one's sister)
- anh vợ noun (brother of one's wife)
- em chồng noun (brother of one's husband)
Vilamovian
1 entries- śwöger noun (brother of one's husband)
Welsh
3 entries- brawd yng nghyfraith noun (brother of one's husband)
- brawd yng nghyfraith noun (brother of one's wife)
- brawd yng nghyfraith noun (husband of one's sister)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- guritch noun (husband of one's sister)
Zazaki
4 entries- bacenağ noun (husband of the sister of one's wife)
- cêri noun (husband of the sister of one's husband)
- vıstewre (diq) noun (brother of one's husband)
- zama (diq) noun (husband of one's sister)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The first thing we should do is write and thank your brother-in-law for his hospitality.
Source: tatoeba (248296)
I have a new relative: my sister got married, so now I have a brother-in-law.
Source: tatoeba (269194)
You haven't fallen in love, have you!? I won't have it! Having that man become my brother-in-law; I absolutely hate that!
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