sister-in-law
Syllables: sis·ter·in·lawUK/ˈsɪs.tə.ɪn.lɔː/US/ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/
sister-in-law noun: the sister of one's spouse.
Noun
sister-in-law (plural sisters-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) sister-in-laws)
- The sister of one's spouse.
- Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.
- The wife of one's sibling.
- My sister-in-law and my brother met while they were both on vacation in Jamaica.
- The wife of the sibling of one's spouse.
- The sister of the spouse of one's sibling.
sister-in-law meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sister-in-law in Hindi
- wife's sister
- साली sālī
- husband's sister
- ननद nanad
- brother's wife
- भाभी bhābhī, देवरानी devrānī
- wife's brother's wife
- सलहज salhaj
sister-in-law in Tamil
- wife's sister
- கொழுந்தி koḻunti
- husband's sister
- மச்சினி macciṉi
- brother's wife
- அண்ணி aṇṇi
- husband's brother's wife
- அக்கா akkā, தங்கை taṅkai
sister-in-law in Marathi
- sister-in-law; the sister of one's wife
- मेहुणी mehuṇī
sister-in-law in Urdu
- wife's sister
- سالی sālī
- husband's sister
- نَنْد nand, نَنَد nanad, نَنَنْد nanand
- brother's wife
- بھابی bhābī, بھاوَج bhāvaj, بھوجائی bhojāī
- wife's brother's wife
- سَلْہَج salhaj, سالے کی بِیوِی sāle kī bīvī
More languagesFewer languages
- sister-in-law in Bengali
- ভাবী bhabi, ভাউজ bhauj
- sister-in-law in Telugu
- మరదలు maradalu, ఏరాలు ērālu
- sister-in-law in Malayalam
- നാത്തൂൻ nāttūṉ
- sister-in-law in Kannada
- ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ, ನಾದಿನಿ, ವೈನಿ
- sister-in-law in Punjabi
- ਭਰਜਾਈ bharjāī, ਭਾਬੀ bhābī, بَھرْجائی bharjā'ī, بھابی bhābī
- sister-in-law in Gujarati
- સાળી sāḷī, નણંદ naṇand, ભાભી bhābhī, સાળેલી sāḷelī
- sister-in-law in Odia
- ଭାଉଜ bhāuja
- sister-in-law in Sanskrit
- ननान्दृ nanāndṛ, गिरि giri, यातृ yātṛ
- sister-in-law in Pashto
- خوښینه, اندرور, ندرور, بابۍ
- sister-in-law in Tagalog
- hipag, bilas na babae, inso
- sister-in-law in Arabic
- أُخْت زَوْجَة ʔuḵt zawja, سِلْفَة silfa, أُخْت زَوْج ʔuḵt zawj
- sister-in-law in Malay
- kakak ipar, adik ipar, biras, ipar
- sister-in-law in Persian
- خیازنه xayâzne, خیاشنه xayâšne
- sister-in-law in Vietnamese
- chị vợ, em vợ, chị dâu, em dâu
- sister-in-law in Myanmar
- ခယ်မ hkaima., မရီး ma.ri:, ယောက်မ yaukma.
- Kashmiri
- سال sāl, زام zām, بٔے کاکَنؠ bạy kākan', بٲے کاکَنؠ bạ̄y kākan'
Synonyms of sister-in-law
Forms of sister-in-law
| plural | sisters-in-law |
|---|---|
| plural (nonstandard, colloquial) | sister-in-laws |
Origin of sister-in-law
Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + -in-law.
Words formed from sister-in-law
Questions about sister-in-law
- What does sister-in-law mean?
- Sister-in-law means the sister of one's spouse.
- What is sister-in-law in Hindi?
- Sister-in-law in Hindi is साली (sālī), देवरानी (devrānī), ननद (nanad). See Sister-in-law meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sister-in-law?
- Sister-in-law is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sister-in-law?
- Sister-in-law is pronounced /ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/ (US).
- What is the plural of sister-in-law?
- The plural of sister-in-law is sisters-in-law.
Words near sister-in-law in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sister-in-law (page history and authors); मेहुणी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ఏరాలు (Telugu) (page history and authors); നാത്തൂൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); sister-in-law (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଭାଉଜ (Odia) (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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