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uncle-in-law en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From uncle + -in-law.

Meanings

1. The husband 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 uncle of one's spouse. ▸ The uncle of one's husband.
   • 2012 August 11, anonymous, Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki Vernon would later become an uncle-in-law to Harry's wife, Ginny and a great-uncle to Harry and Ginny's children, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter.
3. The uncle of one's spouse. ▸ The uncle of one's wife.

Forms

Hypernyms

in-law

Relateds

niece-in-law · nephew-in-law · aunt-in-law

Translations (36)

hi फूफा (husband of one's aunt) · sh tetak (husband of one's aunt) · fr oncle par alliance (husband of one's uncle) · fr oncle par alliance (husband of one's aunt) · tew táta (uncle of one's wife) · sv svärmorbror (uncle of one's husband) · fr bel-oncle (uncle of one's wife) · sv svärfarbror (husband of one's uncle) · tew táta (husband of one's aunt) · vi chú (husband of one's aunt) · vi dượng (husband of one's aunt) · hi ममिया ससुर (uncle of one's husband) · tew táta (husband of one's uncle) · sv svärfarbror (uncle of one's wife) · sv svärfarbror (husband of one's aunt) · sv svärmorbror (husband of one's uncle) · vi bác trai (husband of one's aunt) · tr enişte (husband of one's aunt) · hi चचिया ससुर (uncle of one's husband) · sh тетак (husband of one's aunt) · vi chú dượng (husband of one's aunt) · vi bác (husband of one's aunt) · hi मौसा (husband of one's aunt) · sv svärmorbror (husband of one's aunt) · fr bel-oncle (uncle of one's husband) · tr yenge (husband of one's uncle) · sv svärmorbror (uncle of one's wife) · de Schwiegeronkel (husband of one's uncle) · tew táta (uncle of one's husband) · vi bác dượng (husband of one's aunt) · sv svärfarbror (uncle of one's husband) · hi ममिया ससुर (uncle of one's wife) · de Schwiegeronkel (uncle of one's wife) · de Schwiegeronkel (husband of one's aunt) · hi चचिया ससुर (uncle of one's wife) · de Schwiegeronkel (uncle of one's husband)