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1. (n.) brother-in-law
the brother of one's husband or wife.
2. brother-in-law
the husband of one's sister.
3. brother-in-law
the husband of one's wife's or husband's sister.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'brother-in-law' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) brother-in-law
a brother by marriage
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1. (noun) brother-in-law
the brother of your husband or your wife
***This is my brother-in-law, Mark.
2. brother-in-law
your sister's husband
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| Definition of 'brother-in-law' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) brother-in-law
the brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister
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Sense: the brother of one's husband or wife.
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 Afrikaans: swaer |
 Arabic: أخو الزوج أو الزوجه |
 Bulgarian: зет |
 Brazilian: cunhado |
 Czech: švagr |
 German: der Schwager |
 Danish: svoger |
 Greek: κουνιάδος |
 Spanish: cuñado |
 Estonian: mehevend, naisevend |
 Farsi: برادر زن؛ برادر شوهر |
 Finnish: lanko |
 French: beau-frère |
 Hebrew: גִיס |
 Hindi: साला, देवर |
 Croatian: šurjak |
 Hungarian: sógor |
 Indonesian: ipar laki-laki |
 Italian: cognato |
 Japanese: 義理の兄・弟 |
 Korean: 처남, 매부 |
 Lithuanian: svainis |
 Latvian: svainis |
 Malay: abang ipar |
 Dutch: zwager |
 Norwegian: svoger |
 Polish: szwagier |
 Persian: برادر زن؛ برادر شوهر |
 Pashto: اوښی، خسربوره |
 Portuguese: cunhado |
 Romanian: cumnat |
 Russian: деверь; шурин |
 Slovak: švagor |
 Slovenian: svak |
 Serbian: dever,šurak |
 Swedish: svåger |
 Thai: พี่ชายหรือน้องชายของสามีห |
 Turkish: kayınbirader |
 Taiwanese: 丈夫或妻子的哥哥或弟弟(大伯、小叔、大舅子、小舅子 |
 Ukrainian: дівер; шурин |
 Urdu: شوہر یا بیوی کا بھائی |
 Vietnamese: anh (em) chồng, anh (em) |
 Chinese: 夫、妻的兄弟（大伯、小叔、大舅子、小舅子） |
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