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aunt-in-law en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From aunt + -in-law.

Meanings

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 spouse. ▸ The aunt of one's husband.
   • 2009 August 28, contributor, Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki 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,
3. The aunt of one's spouse. ▸ The aunt of one's wife.

Forms

Hypernyms

in-law

Relateds

niece-in-law · uncle-in-law · nephew-in-law

Translations (44)

hi चाची (wife of one's uncle) · de Schwiegertante (wife of one's aunt) · sh strina (wife of one's uncle) · hi ताई (wife of one's uncle) · sv svärmoster (aunt of one's wife) · hi ममिया सास (aunt of one's husband) · fr tante par alliance (wife of one's uncle) · fi enon vaimo (wife of one's uncle) · sv svärfaster (aunt of one's husband) · fr belle-tante (aunt of one's wife) · sv svärfaster (wife of one's aunt) · vi bác (wife of one's uncle) · fr belle-tante (aunt of one's husband) · tew nána (wife of one's aunt) · de Schwiegertante (wife of one's uncle) · vi bác gái (wife of one's uncle) · hi चचिया सास (aunt of one's husband) · tew nána (aunt of one's husband) · izh minni (wife of one's uncle) · ru тётя (wife of one's uncle) · vi mợ (wife of one's uncle) · fi tädin vaimo (wife of one's aunt) · sv svärmoster (aunt of one's husband) · sh ујна (wife of one's uncle) · hi मामी (wife of one's uncle) · fi vaimon täti (aunt of one's wife) · tew nána (aunt of one's wife) · fi aviomiehen täti (aunt of one's husband) · sh ujna (wife of one's uncle) · tew nána (wife of one's uncle) · tr enişte (wife of one's aunt) · sh стрина (wife of one's uncle) · vi thím (wife of one's uncle) · de Schwiegertante (aunt of one's husband) · fi sedän vaimo (wife of one's uncle) · hi ममिया सास (aunt of one's wife) · fr tante par alliance (wife of one's aunt) · hi चचिया सास (aunt of one's wife) · tr yenge (wife of one's uncle) · sv svärmoster (wife of one's aunt) · sv svärfaster (aunt of one's wife) · sv svärfaster (wife of one's uncle) · de Schwiegertante (aunt of one's wife) · sv svärmoster (wife of one's uncle)