sister-in-law
noun/ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/US/ˈsɪs.tə.ɪn.lɔː/UK
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + -in-law.
- inherited from suster-in-lawe
Definitions
A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage
A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.
Co-sister-in-law
Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law.
The neighborhood
- synonymbahu
- synonymBhabhi
- neighborbrother-in-law
- neighbordaughter-in-law
- neighborfather-in-law
- neighbormother-in-law
- neighborson-in-law
- neighborAh Soh
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sister-in-law. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA