father-in-law
/ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː/
father-in-law noun: one's spouse's father.
Noun
father-in-law (plural fathers-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) father-in-laws)
- One's spouse's father.
- A stepfather.
- `Yes,` replied Snawley. `The fact is, I am not their father, Mr Squeers. I'm only their father-in-law.`1839, Charles Dickens, chapter IV, in Nicholas Nickleby, →ISBN, page 41
father-in-law meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
father-in-law in Hindi
- one's spouse's father
- ससुर sasur, समधी samdhī
father-in-law in Tamil
- one's spouse's father
- மாமனார் māmaṉār
father-in-law in Marathi
- one's spouse's father
- सासरा sāsrā
father-in-law in Urdu
- one's spouse's father
- سَسُر sasur, سُسَر susar, خُسَر xusar
More languagesFewer languages
- father-in-law in Bengali
- শ্বশুর śośur, হউর hour, শ্বউর śour
- father-in-law in Telugu
- శ్వశురుడు śvaśuruḍu, మామ māma
- father-in-law in Malayalam
- അപ്പച്ചൻ appaccaṉ
- father-in-law in Kannada
- ಮಾವ māva
- father-in-law in Punjabi
- ਸੁਹਰਾ suhrā, ਸੁਸਰ susar, ਖ਼ੁਸਰ xusar, سَوہرا sauhrā
- father-in-law in Gujarati
- સસરો sasro
- father-in-law in Odia
- ଶ୍ୱଶୁର śwaśura
- father-in-law in Sanskrit
- श्वशुर śvaśura
- father-in-law in Sinhala
- මාමා māmā
- father-in-law in Assamese
- শহুৰ xohur
- father-in-law in Nepali
- ससुरा sasurā
- father-in-law in Pashto
- سخر
- father-in-law in Tagalog
- biyanang-lalaki
- father-in-law in Arabic
- حَم ḥam
- father-in-law in Malay
- bapa mertua, ayah mertua
- father-in-law in Indonesian
- ayah mertua, bapak mertua
- father-in-law in Persian
- پدرشوهر pedar-šowhar, پدرزن pedar-zan, خسر xosor
- father-in-law in Thai
- พ่อผัว pɔ̂ɔ-pǔua, พ่อสามี, พ่อตา pɔ̂ɔ-dtaa
- father-in-law in Vietnamese
- cha chồng, cha vợ
- father-in-law in Myanmar
- ယောက္ခထီး yaukhka.hti:
- Kashmiri
- ہِہُر hihur, ہیُٛہُر hyuhur
Forms of father-in-law
| plural | fathers-in-law |
|---|---|
| alternative form | father in law |
| plural (nonstandard, colloquial) | father-in-laws |
Origin of father-in-law
From Middle English fader in lawe, fadyr-in-lay, fader yn lawe, equivalent to father + -in-law.
Words formed from father-in-law
Questions about father-in-law
- What does father-in-law mean?
- Father-in-law means one's spouse's father.
- What is father-in-law in Hindi?
- Father-in-law in Hindi is ससुर (sasur), समधी (samdhī). See Father-in-law meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is father-in-law?
- Father-in-law is a noun.
- How do you pronounce father-in-law?
- Father-in-law is pronounced /ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː/.
- What is the plural of father-in-law?
- The plural of father-in-law is fathers-in-law.
Words near father-in-law in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: father-in-law (page history and authors); শ্বউর (Bengali) (page history and authors); మామ (Telugu) (page history and authors); അപ്പച്ചൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಮಾವ (Kannada) (page history and authors); સસરો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); මාමා (Sinhala) (page history and authors); শহুৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); ससुरा (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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