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co-mother-in-law en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From co- + mother-in-law or co-mother + -in-law.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) The mother of one's children-in-law; that is, the mother-in-law of one's children, or, the mother of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse; either of two or more women whose children marry each other, such as the mother of a bride vis-à-vis the mother of the groom.
   • After dinner, the discerning eye of the co-mother-in-law divines the work of darkness. Your wife also is an expectant mother ! 1901, Honoré de Balzac, (trans.) Francis MacNamara, The Physiology of Marriage, page 334:
   • She had a right of entrée to the Castle now as prospective co-mother-in-law with the duchess, and made the most of it. 1912, Sarah Grand, Adnam's Orchard, pages 508–509:
   • […] responded with temper and irritability toward her step-daughter, Anna, who was so demure and so complete a member of the new society, and toward Ngaoli, her co-mother-in-law, gaunt, old, married under the old system, a devoted church member, righteous mother of five children, who fortunately had no complications in her life. 1956, Margaret Mead, New lives for old: cultural transformation—Manus, 1928-1953, page 381:

Forms

Coordinates

co-parent-in-law · co-father-in-law

Relateds

co-in-law · co-sister-in-law · cummer · co-mother

Synonyms

co-grandmother

Translations (36)

he מחותנת (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ro cuscră (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · pl matka synowej (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · se láža (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ko 안사돈 (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · cmn 親家母 /亲家母 (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · sh prija (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · tl balae (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · hi समधिन (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · pt consogra (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ks سۄنیٚنؠ (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · eu amaginarrebakide (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ru сва́тья (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · fi vävyn äiti (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · tl baisan (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · cs svatka (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · tr dünür (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · pl matka zięcia (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · hu anyatárs (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · eo kunbopatrino (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · hu nászasszony (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · fi miniän äiti (of daughter-in-law) (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ne सम्धिनी (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · fr mère du gendre (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · it consuocera (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · el συμπεθέρα (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · fr mère de la belle-fille (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · es consuegra (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ru сва́ха (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · rom xanamik (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · te వియ్యపురాలు (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ik nulliq (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ms besan (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · sh прија (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · ca consogra (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) · nah cihuahuexiuhtli (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law)