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aunt-in-law

aunt-in-law noun: the wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).

Noun

aunt-in-law (plural aunts-in-law)

  1. The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
    • Between uncle and aunt-in-law, or uncle's wife, you have a connection of affinity, and you have the same between aunt and uncle-in-law, or aunt's wife. [sic]1871, William Lindsay, Inquiry into the Christian law, as to the relationships which bar marriage, page 86
  2. The aunt of one's husband.
    • Petunia would later become an aunt-in-law to Harry's wife Ginevra Weasley and a great-aunt to Harry and Ginny's three children; James Sirius, Albus Severus,2009 August 28, contributor, Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki
  3. The aunt of one's wife.

aunt-in-law meaning in Hindi and Vietnamese

aunt-in-law in Hindi

wife of one's uncle
चाची cācī, ताई tāī, मामी māmī
aunt of one's husband
चचिया सास caciyā sās, ममिया सास mamiyā sās
aunt of one's wife
चचिया सास caciyā sās, ममिया सास mamiyā sās

aunt-in-law in Vietnamese

wife of one's uncle
bác, bác gái, thím, mợ

Forms of aunt-in-law

pluralaunts-in-law

Origin of aunt-in-law

From aunt + -in-law.

Questions about aunt-in-law

What does aunt-in-law mean?
Aunt-in-law means the wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
What is aunt-in-law in Hindi?
Aunt-in-law in Hindi is चाची (cācī), ताई (tāī), मामी (māmī). See Aunt-in-law meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aunt-in-law?
Aunt-in-law is a noun.
What is the plural of aunt-in-law?
The plural of aunt-in-law is aunts-in-law.

Words near aunt-in-law in the dictionary

  1. Aunt Tabbies
  2. Aunt Tabby
  3. Aunt Thomasina
  4. Aunt Thomasinas
  5. Aunt Tomasina
  6. aunt-in-law
  7. auntcest
  8. auntdom
  9. aunters
  10. aunthood
  11. aunticide

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