Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
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Mother-in-law
//ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɑː//
Synonyms for "mother-in-law" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
182 translations across 124 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skoonmoeder noun (spouse's mother)
Albanian
1 entries- vjehrrë noun (spouse's mother)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πενθερά noun (spouse's mother)
- ἑκυρά noun (spouse's mother)
Arabic
1 entries- حَمَاة noun (spouse's mother)
Armenian
2 entries- զոքանչ noun (spouse's mother)
- սկեսուր noun (spouse's mother)
Aromanian
1 entries- soacrã noun (spouse's mother)
Asturian
1 entries- suegra noun (spouse's mother)
Avar
1 entries- якьад noun (spouse's mother)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qayınana noun (spouse's mother)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡәйнә noun (spouse's mother)
Basque
1 entries- amaginarreba noun (spouse's mother)
Belarusian
3 entries- свякро́ў noun (spouse's mother)
- свякру́ха noun (spouse's mother)
- це́шча noun (spouse's mother)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- mama mantua noun (spouse's mother)
Bulgarian
2 entries- свекъ́рва noun (spouse's mother)
- тъ́ща noun (spouse's mother)
Burmese
1 entries- ယောက္ခမ noun (spouse's mother)
Catalan
1 entries- sogra noun (spouse's mother)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خەسوو noun (spouse's mother)
Chinese
3 entries- 丈姆 noun (spouse's mother)
- 丈姆婆 noun (spouse's mother)
- 大家 noun (spouse's mother)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 丈母娘 noun (spouse's mother)
- 婆婆 noun (spouse's mother)
- 岳母 noun (spouse's mother)
Church Slavic
2 entries- свекрꙑ noun (spouse's mother)
- тьща noun (spouse's mother)
Cornish
1 entries- hweger noun (spouse's mother)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qaynana noun (spouse's mother)
Czech
2 entries- tchyně noun (spouse's mother)
- tchýně noun (spouse's mother)
Danish
1 entries- svigermor noun (spouse's mother)
Dutch
1 entries- schoonmoeder noun (spouse's mother)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- ава noun (spouse's mother)
Esperanto
1 entries- bopatrino noun (spouse's mother)
Estonian
1 entries- ämm noun (spouse's mother)
Faroese
2 entries- vermamma noun (spouse's mother)
- vermóðir noun (spouse's mother)
Finnish
1 entries- anoppi noun (spouse's mother)
French
1 entries- belle-mère noun (spouse's mother)
Friulian
1 entries- madone noun (spouse's mother)
Galician
1 entries- sogra noun (spouse's mother)
Georgian
2 entries- დედამთილი noun (spouse's mother)
- სიდედრი noun (spouse's mother)
German
2 entries- Schwiegermutter noun (spouse's mother)
- Schwäherin noun (spouse's mother)
Gooniyandi
1 entries- marriyali noun (spouse's mother)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 noun (spouse's mother)
Greek
1 entries- πεθερά noun (spouse's mother)
Greenlandic
1 entries- saki noun (spouse's mother)
Hebrew
2 entries- חָמוֹת noun (spouse's mother)
- חוֹתֶנֶת noun (spouse's mother)
Hindi
1 entries- सास noun (spouse's mother)
Hungarian
1 entries- anyós noun (spouse's mother)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Schwieghermutter noun (spouse's mother)
Icelandic
2 entries- tengdamamma noun (spouse's mother)
- tengdamóðir noun (spouse's mother)
Ido
1 entries- bomatro noun (spouse's mother)
Ilocano
1 entries- katugangan a babai noun (spouse's mother)
Indonesian
2 entries- ibu mertua noun (spouse's mother)
- mertua perempuan noun (spouse's mother)
Ingrian
2 entries- ämmä noun (spouse's mother)
- ämmö noun (spouse's mother)
Interlingua
1 entries- matre affin noun (spouse's mother)
Irish
1 entries- máthair chéile noun (spouse's mother)
Italian
1 entries- suocera noun (spouse's mother)
Japanese
3 entries- 姑 noun (spouse's mother)
- 義母 noun (spouse's mother)
- 義理の母 noun (spouse's mother)
Kaqchikel
1 entries- alinam noun (spouse's mother)
Kashmiri
1 entries- ہَش noun (spouse's mother)
Khmer
1 entries- ម្ដាយក្មេក noun (spouse's mother)
Korean
2 entries- 시어머니 noun (spouse's mother)
- 장모 noun (spouse's mother)
Krisa
1 entries- sami noun (spouse's mother)
Ladino
3 entries- es-huegra noun (spouse's mother)
- esfuegra noun (spouse's mother)
- suegra noun (spouse's mother)
Lao
4 entries- ສະວະສະລຸ noun (spouse's mother)
- ສະສຸຣີ noun (spouse's mother)
- ສັດສຸ noun (spouse's mother)
- ແມ່ຜົວ noun (spouse's mother)
Latin
2 entries- socra noun (spouse's mother)
- socrus noun (spouse's mother)
Lithuanian
2 entries- anyta noun (spouse's mother)
- uošvė noun (spouse's mother)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Schwéiermamm noun (spouse's mother)
Macedonian
3 entries- ба́ба noun (spouse's mother)
- све́крва noun (spouse's mother)
- те́шта noun (spouse's mother)
Malay
2 entries- emak mertua noun (spouse's mother)
- ibu mertua noun (spouse's mother)
Manx
1 entries- moir 'sy leigh noun (spouse's mother)
Marathi
1 entries- सासू noun (spouse's mother)
Middle English
1 entries- moder in lawe noun (spouse's mother)
Mwani
1 entries- mukwe noun (spouse's mother)
Māori
2 entries- hungarei noun (spouse's mother)
- hungawai noun (spouse's mother)
Norman
1 entries- belle-méthe noun (spouse's mother)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xesû noun (spouse's mother)
Northern Ohlone
1 entries- 'úqi noun (spouse's mother)
Northern Sami
2 entries- vuonesássa noun (spouse's mother)
- vuoni noun (spouse's mother)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svigermor noun (spouse's mother)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- svigermor noun (spouse's mother)
- vermor noun (spouse's mother)
Occitan
1 entries- sògra noun (spouse's mother)
Odia
1 entries- ଆଈଶାଶୁ noun (spouse's mother)
Old English
1 entries- sweġer noun (spouse's mother)
Old Spanish
1 entries- suegra noun (spouse's mother)
Old Tupi
1 entries- mendy noun (spouse's mother)
Pashto
1 entries- خواښې noun (spouse's mother)
Pennsylvania German
3 entries- Schwaermammi noun (spouse's mother)
- Schwiegermudder noun (spouse's mother)
- Schwiegern noun (spouse's mother)
Persian
3 entries- خشو noun (spouse's mother)
- مادرزن noun (spouse's mother)
- مادرشوهر noun (spouse's mother)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schwiamutta noun (spouse's mother)
Polish
2 entries- teściowa noun (spouse's mother)
- świekra noun (spouse's mother)
Portuguese
1 entries- sogra noun (spouse's mother)
Punjabi
2 entries- سَسّ noun (spouse's mother)
- ਸੱਸ noun (spouse's mother)
Quechua
3 entries- aqu noun (spouse's mother)
- kisma noun (spouse's mother)
- kiwach noun (spouse's mother)
Romani
1 entries- sasuj noun (spouse's mother)
Romanian
2 entries- mamă-soacră noun (spouse's mother)
- soacră noun (spouse's mother)
Russian
3 entries- свекро́вь noun (spouse's mother)
- свекру́ха noun (spouse's mother)
- тёща noun (spouse's mother)
Sanskrit
1 entries- श्वश्रू noun (spouse's mother)
Sardinian
1 entries- socra noun (spouse's mother)
Scots
1 entries- guid-mither noun (spouse's mother)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- màthair-chèile noun (spouse's mother)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- svekrva noun (spouse's mother)
- tašta noun (spouse's mother)
- свекрва noun (spouse's mother)
- ташта noun (spouse's mother)
Seri
1 entries- aaquéect cmaam noun (spouse's mother)
Sicilian
1 entries- sòggira noun (spouse's mother)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྒྱུགམ noun (spouse's mother)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- vueʹn noun (spouse's mother)
Slovak
2 entries- svekruša noun (spouse's mother)
- svokra noun (spouse's mother)
Slovene
1 entries- tašča noun (spouse's mother)
Spanish
1 entries- suegra noun (spouse's mother)
Swahili
1 entries- mama mkwe noun (spouse's mother)
Swedish
1 entries- svärmor noun (spouse's mother)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠢꠠꠤ noun (spouse's mother)
Tagalog
1 entries- biyanang-babae noun (spouse's mother)
Tamil
1 entries- மாமியார் noun (spouse's mother)
Taos
1 entries- kána noun (spouse's mother)
Tarifit
1 entries- taḍeggʷart noun (spouse's mother)
Telugu
1 entries- అత్త noun (spouse's mother)
Thai
3 entries- แม่ผัว noun (spouse's mother)
- แม่ยาย noun (spouse's mother)
- แม่สามี noun (spouse's mother)
Tupinambá
2 entries- (husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó noun (spouse's mother)
- mendy noun (spouse's mother)
Turkish
3 entries- hanımanne noun (spouse's mother)
- kaynana noun (spouse's mother)
- kayınvalide noun (spouse's mother)
Turkmen
1 entries- gaýynene noun (spouse's mother)
Udi
1 entries- сейне noun (spouse's mother)
Ukrainian
2 entries- свекру́ха noun (spouse's mother)
- те́ща noun (spouse's mother)
Urdu
1 entries- ساس noun (spouse's mother)
Uyghur
1 entries- قېينىنا noun (spouse's mother)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mẹ chồng noun (spouse's mother)
- mẹ vợ noun (spouse's mother)
Volapük
1 entries- lümot noun (spouse's mother)
Võro
1 entries- ämm noun (spouse's mother)
Welsh
2 entries- chwegr noun (spouse's mother)
- mam yng nghyfraith noun (spouse's mother)
Yiddish
1 entries- שוויגער noun (spouse's mother)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I'm getting along with my mother-in-law very well.
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She bitterly regretted having said something that displeased her mother-in-law.
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Mother-in-law jokes are funny because they're true.
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