Meaning

9 senses
  1. Someone's niece's husband

  2. Someone's sibling's son-in-law

    Someone's brother's son-in-law. (fraternal nephew-in-law)

  3. Someone's sister's son-in-law. (sororal nephew-in-law)

  4. Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law

    Someone's wife's brother's son-in-law.

  5. Someone's wife's sister's son-in-law.

  6. Someone's husband's brother's son-in-law.

  7. Someone's husband's sister's son-in-law.

  8. Someone's spouse's nephew.

    (rare)Someone's husband's nephew. (Usually called a nephew.)

  9. (rare)Someone's wife's nephew. (Usually called a nephew.)

Origin

From nephew + -in-law.

From nephew + -in-law.

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Forms

plural: nephews-in-law
Singularnephew-in-law
Pluralnephews-in-law

irregular · Lesson

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nephew-in-law — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto