Mother-in-law
//ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɑː//
Translations of "mother-in-law" (124 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | skoonmoeder(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Albanian | vjehrrë(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | πενθερά(spouse's mother), ἑκυρά(spouse's mother) | pentherá, hekurá | |
| Arabic | حَمَاة(spouse's mother) | ḥamāh | |
| Armenian | զոքանչ(spouse's mother), սկեսուր(spouse's mother) | zokʻančʻ, skesur | |
| Aromanian | soacrã(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Asturian | suegra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Avar | якьад(spouse's mother) | jakkˡʼad | |
| Azerbaijani | qayınana(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Bashkir | ҡәйнә(spouse's mother) | qəynə | |
| Basque | amaginarreba(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Belarusian | свякро́ў(spouse's mother), свякру́ха(spouse's mother), це́шча(spouse's mother) | svjakrów, svjakrúxa, cjéšča | |
| Brunei Malay | mama mantua(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Bulgarian | свекъ́рва(spouse's mother), тъ́ща(spouse's mother) | svekǎ́rva, tǎ́šta | |
| Burmese | ယောက္ခမ(spouse's mother) | yaukhka.ma. | |
| Catalan | sogra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | خەسوو(spouse's mother) | xesû | |
| Chinese | 丈姆(spouse's mother), 丈姆婆(spouse's mother), 大家(spouse's mother) | zh-min-nan, zh-min-nan, ta-ke, tā-ke, tōa-kee | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 丈母娘(spouse's mother), 婆婆(spouse's mother), 岳母(spouse's mother) | zhàngmuniáng, pópo, yuèmǔ | |
| Church Slavic | свекрꙑ(spouse's mother), тьща(spouse's mother) | svekry, tĭšta | |
| Cornish | hweger(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | qaynana(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Czech | tchyně(spouse's mother), tchýně(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Danish | svigermor(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Dutch | schoonmoeder(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Eastern Mari | ава(spouse's mother) | ava | |
| Esperanto | bopatrino(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Estonian | ämm(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Faroese | vermamma(spouse's mother), vermóðir(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 | დედამთილი(spouse's mother), სიდედრი(spouse's mother) | dedamtili, sidedri | |
| German | Schwiegermutter(spouse's mother), Schwäherin(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Gooniyandi | marriyali(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉(spouse's mother) | swaihrō | |
| Greek | πεθερά(spouse's mother) | petherá | |
| Greenlandic | saki(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Hebrew | חָמוֹת(spouse's mother), חוֹתֶנֶת(spouse's mother) | khamót, khoténet | |
| Hindi | सास(spouse's mother) | sās | |
| Hungarian | anyós(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Hunsrik | Schwieghermutter(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Icelandic | tengdamamma(spouse's mother), tengdamóðir(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Ido | bomatro(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Ilocano | katugangan a babai(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Indonesian | ibu mertua(spouse's mother), mertua perempuan(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Ingrian | ämmä(spouse's mother), ämmö(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Interlingua | matre affin(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Irish | máthair chéile(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Italian | suocera(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Japanese | 姑(spouse's mother), 義母(spouse's mother), 義理の母(spouse's mother) | shūtome, gibo, giri-no-haha | |
| Kaqchikel | alinam(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Kashmiri | ہَش(spouse's mother) | haś | |
| Khmer | ម្ដាយក្មេក(spouse's mother) | mdaaykmeek | |
| Korean | 시어머니(spouse's mother), 장모(spouse's mother) | sieomeoni, jangmo | |
| Krisa | sami(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Ladino | es-huegra(spouse's mother), esfuegra(spouse's mother), suegra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Lao | ສະວະສະລຸ(spouse's mother), ສະສຸຣີ(spouse's mother), ສັດສຸ(spouse's mother), ແມ່ຜົວ(spouse's mother), ແມ່ເມັຽ(spouse's mother) | sa wa sa lu, sa su rī, sat su, mǣ phūa, mǣ mīa | |
| Latin | socra(spouse's mother), socrus(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Lithuanian | anyta(spouse's mother), uošvė(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Schwéiermamm(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Macedonian | ба́ба(spouse's mother), све́крва(spouse's mother), те́шта(spouse's mother) | bába, svékrva, téšta | |
| Malay | emak mertua(spouse's mother), ibu mertua(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Manx | moir 'sy leigh(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Māori | hungarei(spouse's mother), hungawai(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Marathi | सासू(spouse's mother) | sāsū | |
| Middle English | moder in lawe(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Mwani | mukwe(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Norman | belle-méthe(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | xesû(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Northern Ohlone | 'úqi(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Northern Sami | vuonesássa(spouse's mother), vuoni(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | svigermor(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | svigermor(spouse's mother), vermor(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Occitan | sògra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Odia | ଆଈଶାଶୁ(spouse's mother) | āiśāśu | |
| Old English | sweġer(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Old Spanish | suegra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Old Tupi | mendy(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Pashto | خواښې(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Pennsylvania German | Schwaermammi(spouse's mother), Schwiegermudder(spouse's mother), Schwiegern(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Persian | خشو(spouse's mother), مادرزن(spouse's mother), مادرشوهر(spouse's mother) | xošu, mâdar-zan, mâdar-šowhar | |
| Plautdietsch | Schwiamutta(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Polish | teściowa(spouse's mother), świekra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Portuguese | sogra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Punjabi | سَسّ(spouse's mother), ਸੱਸ(spouse's mother) | sass, sassa | |
| Quechua | aqu(spouse's mother), kisma(spouse's mother), kiwach(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Romani | sasuj(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Romanian | mamă-soacră(spouse's mother), soacră(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Russian | свекро́вь(spouse's mother), свекру́ха(spouse's mother), тёща(spouse's mother) | svekróvʹ, svekrúxa, tjóšča | |
| Sanskrit | श्वश्रू(spouse's mother) | śvaśrū | |
| Sardinian | socra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Scots | guid-mither(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | màthair-chèile(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | svekrva(spouse's mother), tašta(spouse's mother), свекрва(spouse's mother), ташта(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Seri | aaquéect cmaam(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Sicilian | sòggira(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Sikkimese | སྒྱུགམ(spouse's mother) | sgyugm | |
| Skolt Sami | vueʹn(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Slovak | svekruša(spouse's mother), svokra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Slovene | tašča(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Spanish | suegra(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Swahili | mama mkwe(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Swedish | svärmor(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Sylheti | ꠢꠠꠤ(spouse's mother) | hoṛi | |
| Tagalog | biyanang-babae(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Tamil | மாமியார்(spouse's mother) | māmiyār | |
| Taos | kána(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Tarifit | taḍeggʷart(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Telugu | అత్త(spouse's mother) | atta | |
| Thai | แม่ผัว(spouse's mother), แม่ยาย(spouse's mother), แม่สามี(spouse's mother) | mɛ̂ɛ-pǔua, mɛ̂ɛ-yaai, mɛ̂ɛ-sǎa-mii | |
| Tupinambá | (husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó(spouse's mother), mendy(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Turkish | hanımanne(spouse's mother), kaynana(spouse's mother), kayınvalide(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Turkmen | gaýynene(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Udi | сейне(spouse's mother) | sejne | |
| Ukrainian | свекру́ха(spouse's mother), те́ща(spouse's mother) | svekrúxa, téšča | |
| Urdu | ساس(spouse's mother) | sās | |
| Uyghur | قېينىنا(spouse's mother) | qëynina | |
| Vietnamese | mẹ chồng(spouse's mother), mẹ vợ(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Volapük | lümot(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Võro | ämm(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Welsh | chwegr(spouse's mother), mam yng nghyfraith(spouse's mother) | — | |
| Yiddish | שוויגער(spouse's mother) | shviger |
skoonmoeder
vjehrrë
soacrã
suegra
qayınana
amaginarreba
mama mantua
sogra
hweger
qaynana
tchyně, tchýně
svigermor
schoonmoeder
bopatrino
ämm
vermamma, vermóðir
anoppi
belle-mère
madone
sogra
Schwiegermutter, Schwäherin
marriyali
saki
anyós
Schwieghermutter
tengdamamma, tengdamóðir
bomatro
katugangan a babai
ibu mertua, mertua perempuan
ämmä, ämmö
matre affin
máthair chéile
suocera
alinam
sami
es-huegra, esfuegra, suegra
socra, socrus
anyta, uošvė
Schwéiermamm
emak mertua, ibu mertua
moir 'sy leigh
hungarei, hungawai
moder in lawe
mukwe
belle-méthe
xesû
'úqi
vuonesássa, vuoni
svigermor
svigermor, vermor
sògra
sweġer
suegra
mendy
خواښې
Schwaermammi, Schwiegermudder, Schwiegern
Schwiamutta
teściowa, świekra
sogra
aqu, kisma, kiwach
sasuj
mamă-soacră, soacră
socra
guid-mither
màthair-chèile
svekrva, tašta, свекрва, ташта
aaquéect cmaam
sòggira
vueʹn
svekruša, svokra
tašča
suegra
mama mkwe
svärmor
biyanang-babae
kána
taḍeggʷart
(husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó, mendy
hanımanne, kaynana, kayınvalide
gaýynene
mẹ chồng, mẹ vợ
lümot
ämm
chwegr, mam yng nghyfraith
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