father-in-law

See also: father in law

English

Alternative forms

father in law

Etymology

From Middle English fader in lawe, fadyr-in-lay, fader yn lawe, equivalent to father +‎ -in-law.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː/
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

father-in-law (plural fathers-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) father-in-laws)

One's spouse's father.
(dated) A stepfather.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, chapter IV, in Nicholas Nickleby, →ISBN, page 41:
  `Yes,` replied Snawley. `The fact is, I am not their father, Mr Squeers. I'm only their father-in-law.`

Derived terms

co-father-in-law (uncommon)

Related terms

Translations

one's spouse's father

Afrikaans: skoonpa
Albanian: vjehërr (sq) m
Arabic: حَم m (ḥam)
Aramaic: חמא
Armenian: (husband's father) սկեսրայր (hy) (skesrayr), (wife's father) աներ (hy) (aner)
Aromanian: socru m
Asturian: suegru (ast) m
Avar: вакьад (wakkˡʼad)
Azerbaijani: qayınata
Basque: aitaginarreba (eu)
Belarusian: свёкар m (svjókar) (husband's father), цесць m (cjescʹ) (wife's father)
Bulgarian: све́кър (bg) m (svékǎr) (husband's father), тъст (bg) m (tǎst) (wife's father)
Burmese: ယောက္ခထီး (my) (yaukhka.hti:)
Catalan: sogre (ca) m
Chinese:
Hokkien: 大官 (zh-min-nan) (ta-kuaⁿ, tā-kuaⁿ, tōa-kuaⁿ) (husband's father), 丈人 (tiǔⁿ-lâng, tiūⁿ-lâng, tiòⁿ-lâng) (wife's father), 丈人公 (tiǔⁿ-lâng-kong, tiūⁿ-lâng-kong, tiòⁿ-lâng-kong) (wife's father)

Mandarin: 公公 (zh) (gōnggong) (husband's father), 岳父 (zh) (yuèfù) (wife's father), 嫜 (zh) (zhāng) (wife's father)
Chuvash: хуняҫа (hunjaś̬a)
Cornish: hwegron m
Crimean Tatar: qaynata
Czech: tchán (cs) m, svekr m (husband's father, archaic)
Danish: svigerfar (da) c
Dutch: schoonvader (nl) m
Erzya: атявт (aťavt) (husbands's father), вата (vata) (wife's father)
Esperanto: bopatro
Estonian: äi (et)
Ewe: to
Faroese: verfaðir m
Fataluku: painu
Finnish: appi (fi)
French: beau-père (fr) m
Friulian: missêr m, suesar m
Galician: sogro (gl) m
Georgian: სიმამრი (simamri) (wife's father), მამამთილი (mamamtili) (husbands's father)
German: Schwiegervater (de) m, Schwäher (de) m (obsolete)
Gooniyandi: lambadi
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐌰 m (swaihra)
Greek: πεθερός (el) (petherós)
Ancient: πενθερός m (pentherós), (Epic) ἑκυρός m (hekurós)
Greenlandic: sakeq
Hebrew: חָם (he) m (khám) (husband's father), חוֹתֵן (he) m (khotén) (wife's father)
Hindi: ससुर (hi) m (sasur), समधी (hi) m (samdhī)
Hungarian: após (hu)
Hunsrik: Schwiegherfatter m
Icelandic: tengdapabbi (is) m
Ido: bopatro (io)
Ilocano: katugangan a lalaki
Indonesian: ayah mertua (id), bapak mertua
Ingrian: äijä
Interlingua: patre affin
Irish: athair céile
Italian: suocero (it) m
Japanese: 義父 (ja) (ぎふ, gifu), 岳父 (ja) (がくふ, gakufu) (husband's father), 舅 (ja) (しゅうと, shūto)
Jeju: 가시아방 (gasiabang) (of a man)
Kashmiri: ہِہُر (ks) (hihur), ہیُٛہُر (ks) (hyuhur)
Khmer: ឪពុកក្មេក (ʼŏupŭkkmék)
Korean: 시아버지 (ko) (siabeoji) (husband's father), 장인 (ko) (jang'in) (wife's father)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خەزوور (xezûr)

Northern Kurdish: xezûr (ku) m
Lao: ພໍ່ຜົວ (phǭ phūa) (husband's father), ພໍ່ເມັຽ (phǭ mīa) (wife's father), ສະວະສູລະ (sa wa sū la), ສວະສູຣະ (s wa sū ra), ສະສຸຣະ (sa su ra), ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ (phǭ thao)
Latin: socer m, patraster m
Latvian: ap'
Livonian: mīeizā, naizizā
Luxembourgish: Schwéierpapp m
Macedonian: свекор m (svekor), тест (mk) m (test)
Malay: bapa mertua, ayah mertua
Manx: ayr 'sy leigh m
Maori: hungarei, hungawai
Marathi: सासरा m (sāsrā)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ача (ača)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хадам аав (xadam aav)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠮ
ᠠᠪᠤ (qadam abu)
Mwani: mukwe
Norman: bieau-péthe m
Northern Ohlone: menék
Northern Sami: vuohppa, vuohppasássa (future)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerfar (no) m

Nynorsk: svigerfar m, verfar m
Occitan: sògre (oc) m
Odia: ଶ୍ୱଶୁର (or) (śwôśurô)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: свекръ m (svekrŭ) (husband's father), тьсть (tĭstĭ) (wife's father)
Old English: swēor m
Papiamentu: suegu
Pashto: سخر (ps) m
Pennsylvania German: Schwaer m, Schwaerdaadi m, Schwiegervadder m
Persian: پدرشوهر (fa) (pedar-šowhar) (husband's father), پدرزن (fa) (pedar-zan) (wife's father), خسر (fa) (xosor)
Plautdietsch: Schwiavoda m
Polish: teść (pl) m pers, świekier (pl) m pers (archaic; husband's father)
Portuguese: sogro (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸੁਹਰਾ (pa) m (suhrā), ਸੁਸਰ (pa) m (susar), ਖ਼ੁਸਰ m (xusar)

Shahmukhi: سوہرا m (sohrā), سُسَر m (susar), خُسَر m (xusar)
Quechua: kaka (wife's father), kiwachi (husband's father)
Romani: sastro m
Romanian: socru (ro) m
Russian: свёкор (ru) m (svjókor), свёкр m (svjokr) (husband's father), тесть (ru) m (testʹ) (wife's father)
Sanskrit: श्वशुर (sa) m (śvaśura)
Sardinian: socru m, sogru m
Scots: guid-faither
Scottish Gaelic: athair-cèile m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: свекар m (husband's father), пунац m (wife's father)

Roman: svekar (sh) m (husband's father), punac (sh) m (wife's father)
Seri: (of a male) aaquéect ctam
Sicilian: soggiru (scn) m
Slovak: svokor m, tesť m (wife's father)
Slovene: tast (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pśichodny nan m

Upper Sorbian: přichodny nan m
Spanish: suegro (es) m
Swahili: baba mkwe
Swedish: svärfar (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠢꠃꠞ (hour)
Tagalog: biyanang-lalaki
Tamil: மாமனார் (ta) (māmaṉār)
Taos: tǫ̏ména
Tarifit: aḍeggʷar m
Tetum: banin
Thai: พ่อผัว (pɔ̂ɔ-pǔua) (husband's father), พ่อสามี (husband's father), พ่อตา (th) (pɔ̂ɔ-dtaa) (wife's father)
Tigre: ሐም (ḥäm)
Tupinambá: (wife’s father-in-law) ^{(please verify)} menduba, (t-) ^{(please verify)} atu'uba (husband’s father-in-law)
Turkish: kaynata (tr), kayınbaba (tr), kayınpeder (tr)
Turkmen: gaýynata
Udi: сейде (sejde)
Ukrainian: све́кор m (svékor) (husband's father), тесть m (testʹ) (wife's father)
Urdu: سَسُر (ur) m (sasur), سُسَر (ur) m (susar) (Punjabic), خُسَر m (xusar)
Venetian: misiero m, misiere m, mesiere
Vietnamese: cha chồng, cha vợ
Volapük: lüfat (vo)
Võro: äi
Votic: äijä
Welsh: chwegrwn m, tad yng nghyfraith m
Yiddish: שווער m (shver)
Zazaki: vıstewre (diq)

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