Meaning

4 senses
  1. A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:

    The sister of one's spouse.

    Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.

    Schwägerin, Schwägerin, Schwippschwägerin

    неве́сткаnevéstka, золо́вкаzolóvka, неве́сткаnevéstka

    the sister of your spouse

  2. The wife of one's sibling.

    My sister-in-law and my brother met while they were both on vacation in Jamaica.

  3. Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law.

    (uncommon)The wife of the sibling of one's spouse.

  4. (uncommon)The sister of the spouse of one's sibling.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
wife's sister:
husband's sister:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
wife's sister:
wife's brother's wife:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + -in-law.

Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + -in-law.

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Forms

plural: sisters-in-law
Singularsister-in-law
Pluralsisters-in-law

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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