English

Noun
en-noun|sgsister-in-law|plsisters-in-law

1. The sister of one's spouse.
2. The wife of one's brother.
3. context|less common The wife of one's brother-in-law.

Quotations
singular sister-in-law
:* 1753, John Pringle, An Account of several Persons seized with the Goal-Fever, working in Newgate, in Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 48
:*: Some time after this, Mr. Breach the apothecary informed us, that he was again employ�d in Thomas Wilmot�s family; for that Elizabeth Marſhall, his ſiſter-in-law, after nurſing his wife, was taken ill of the ſame kind of fever, and deſired our aſſiſtance. This perſon we found in the ſame bed, and in the ſame condition, in which we had ſeen her ſiſter ſome time before...
plural form sisters-in-law
:* 1874, Tseen-Han-shoo, History of the Heung-Noo in Their Relations with China, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 3
:*: Chang Hwuy, the master controller, went with Woo-sun troops to the right Luh-le�s court, captured the Shen-yu�s paternal relatives, sisters-in-law, ...
plural form sister-in-laws
:* 1936, w:Margaret Mitchell|Margaret Mitchell, w:Gone with the Wind|Gone with the Wind
:*: I have two sister-in-laws in Charleston and I know.

Related terms
daughter-in-law
father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law

Usage notes
The plural sister-in-laws is occasionally seen, but this is considered incorrect by most sources; see, for example, ¹, despite being a common construction in American English.

Translations
trans-top|wife's sister
Croatian: t-|hr|svast|f, t-|hr|svastika|f
Danish: t+|da|svigerinde
Dutch: schoonzus/schoonzuster f
Estonian: t-|et|käli
Finnish: t+|fi|käly
French: t+|fr|belle-s�ur|f
German: Schwägerin f :de:Schwägerin|^
Gooniyandi: garingi
Guugu Yimidhirr: dyiiral; munamuna avoidance
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס�|gisá|wv=�ִּ�סָ� f
Italian: t+|it|cognata|f
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Murrinh-Patha: kartu purrima
Norwegian: svigerinne f
Polish: szwagierka f
Portuguese: t+|pt|cunhada|f
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat�|f
Russian: неве��ка (nevéstka) f, �во��ени�а (svojá�enitsa) f
Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f, piuthar-bhean f
Serbian: t-|sr|svastika|f
Seri: hicmajeete|hicmajéete (wife's older sister); himaquete|himaquéte (wife's younger sister)
Slovene: t+|sl|svakinja|f
Swedish: t-|sv|svägerska|c
Yindjibarndi: yarungu
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trans-top|husband's sister
Croatian: t-|hr|zaova|f
Czech: švagrová f
Danish: t+|da|svigerinde
Dutch: schoonzus/schoonzuster f
Estonian: t-|et|nadu
Finnish: t+|fi|nato
French: t+|fr|belle-s�ur|f
German: Schwägerin f :de:Schwägerin|^
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס�|gisá|wv=�ִּ�סָ� f
Italian: t+|it|cognata|f
Norwegian: svigerinne f
trans-mid
Polish: szwagierka f
Portuguese: t+|pt|cunhada|f
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat�|f
Russian: t+|ru|неве��ка|f|trnevéstka|scCyrl, t+|ru|золовка|f|trzolóvka|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f, piuthar-fhear f
Seri: hiqueec|hiquéec
Slovene: t+|sl|svakinja|f
Swedish: t-|sv|svägerska|c
Yindjibarndi: binthi
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trans-top|brother's wife
Danish: t+|da|svigerinde
Dutch: schoonzus/schoonzuster f
Estonian: t-|et|käli
Finnish: t+|fi|käly
French: t+|fr|belle-s�ur|f
German: Schwägerin f :de:Schwägerin|^
Greek: t+|el|ν��η|f|s|sc=Grek (nífi)
Guugu Yimidhirr: guman.ga
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס�|gisá|wv=�ִּ�סָ� f
Italian: t+|it|cognata|f
Norwegian: svigerinne f
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|برا��
Old English: broþorwif|br�þorwīf n
Paumarí: ʼananini f (woman's brother's wife)
Polish: t+|pl|bratowa|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|cunhada|f
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat�|f
Russian: t+|ru|неве��ка|f|trnevéstka|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: bean-bhràthair f
Seri: hicatazata|hicatazáta (man's older brother�s wife); hicmajeete|hicmajéete (man's younger brother�s wife); hicoaac|hicóaac (woman's brother�s wife)
Slovene: t+|sl|svakinja|f
Swedish: t-|sv|svägerska|c
Yindjibarndi: binthi, yarungu
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trans-top|wife's brother's wife
Croatian: t-|hr|Å¡urjakinja|f
Dutch: t+|nl|schoonzus, t+|nl|schoonzuster|f
Estonian: t-|et|käli
Finnish: t+|fi|käly
French: t+|fr|belle-s�ur|f
German: Schwägerin f :de:Schwägerin|^
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Hebrew: he-translation|��ס�|gisá|wv=�ִּ�סָ� f
Italian: t+|it|cognata|f
Norwegian: svigerinne f
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat�|f
Russian: t+|ru|неве��ка|f|trnevéstka|scCyrl
Swedish: t-|sv|svägerska|c
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trans-top|husband's brother's wife
Croatian: t-|hr|jetrva|f
Dutch: t+|nl|schoonzus, t+|nl|schoonzuster|f
Estonian: t-|et|käli
Finnish: t+|fi|käly
French: t+|fr|belle-s�ur|f
German: Schwägerin f :de:Schwägerin|^
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס�|gisá|wv=�ִּ�סָ� f
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|cognata|f
Norwegian: svigerinne f
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat�|f
Russian: t+|ru|неве��ка|f|trnevéstka|scCyrl
Seri: hilxcmaam
Swedish: t-|sv|svägerska|c
Torres Strait Creole: neitawet context|eastern dialect
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ttbc|Catalan: cunyada f :ca:cunyada|^
ttbc|Indonesian: ipar
ttbc|Latin: glos f, gloris (genitive)
ttbc|Low German:
:* New Low Saxon: Swägerin f
:* Mennonite Plauttdietsch: Schwäjersche f
ttbc|Slovak: švagra f, švagriná f
ttbc|Spanish: cuñada f :es:cuñada|^
Telugu: వదిన, మరదల�
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