English

Pronunciation
IPA|/Ë�brÊ�ð.É�.ɪn.lÉ�Ë�/, SAMPA|/"[email protected]:/
audio|en-us-brother-in-law.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|sg=brother-in-law|brothers-in-law

1. The brother of one's spouse.
2. One's sibling's husband.
3. The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.

Quotations
1597, w:William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, act 1, sc. 3,
:We at our own charge shall ransom straight
:His brother-in-law, the foolish Mortimer;

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

Translations
trans-top|the brother of one's husband
Danish: svoger c
Dutch: zwager m (Holland), schoonbroer m (Flemish)
Ewe: nyo
French: beau-frère m
German: t+|de|Schwager|m
Greek: t+|el|κο�νιάδο�|m|sc=Grek (kouniádos)
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס|gís|wv=�ִּ�ס m
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Hindi: (devar) for younger brother, (jayth) for elder brother
Icelandic: t+|is|mágur|m
Japanese: Jpan|義��� (Jpan|�����, giri no ani), Jpan|義��� (Jpan|�������, giri no ot�to)
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat|m
Russian: деве�� (déver�) m
Slovene: t+|sl|svak|m
Spanish: cuñado m :es:cuñado|^
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trans-top|the brother of one's wife
Danish: svoger c
Dutch: zwager m (Holland), schoonbroer m (Flemish)
Ewe: nyo
French: beau-frère m
German: t+|de|Schwager|m
Greek: t+|el|κο�νιάδο�|m|sc=Grek (kouniádos)
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס|gís|wv=�ִּ�ס m
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Hindi: (saala)
Icelandic: t+|is|mágur|m
Japanese: Jpan|義��� (Jpan|�����, giri no ani), Jpan|義��� (Jpan|�������, giri no ot�to)
Polish: szwagier m
Russian: t+|ru|���ин|m|tršúrin|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|svak|m
Spanish: cuñado m :es:cuñado|^
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trans-top|the husband of one's sibling
Danish: svoger c
Ewe: nyo
French: beau-frère m
German: t+|de|Schwager|m
Dutch: zwager m (Holland), schoonbroer m (Flemish)
Greek: t+|el|γαμ����|m|scGrek (gamprós), t+|el|γαμβ���|m|scGrek (gambrós)
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס|gís|wv=�ִּ�ס m
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Hindi: (jija)
Icelandic: t+|is|mágur|m
Japanese: Jpan|義��� (Jpan|�����, giri no ani), Jpan|義��� (Jpan|�������, giri no ot�to)
Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat|m
Russian: �� (zjat�) m
Slovene: t+|sl|svak|m
Spanish: cuñado m :es:cuñado|^
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trans-top|the husband of one's husband's sibling
Danish: svoger c
Dutch: zwager m (Holland), schoonbroer m (Flemish)
French: beau-frère m
German: Schwippschwager m
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס|gís|wv=�ִּ�ס m
Icelandic: t-|is|svili|m
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Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat|m
Russian: t+|ru|�во�к|m|trsvoják|scCyrl
Spanish: cuñado m :es:cuñado|^
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trans-top|the husband of one's wife's sibling
Danish: svoger c
Dutch: zwager m (Holland), schoonbroer m (Flemish)
French: beau-frère m
German: Schwippschwager m
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס|gís|wv=�ִּ�ס m
Icelandic: t-|is|svili|m
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Romanian: t-|ro|cumnat|m
Russian: t+|ru|�во�к|m|trsvoják|scCyrl
Spanish: cuñado m :es:cuñado|^
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Catalan: cunyat m :ca:cunyat|^
ttbc|Chinese Characters: å°� (1: younger brother of husband)
ttbc|Czech: Å¡vagr m
ttbc|Indonesian: ipar (either brother-in-law or sister-in-law)
ttbc|Italian: cognato m
ttbc|Hungarian: sógor
ttbc|Korean: �� (cheonam)
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ttbc|Latin: levir m, leviri (genitive sg and nominative pl), levirorum (genitive pl)
ttbc|Old English: aþum|�þum m (sister�s husband)
ttbc|Portuguese: cunhado m
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic; bràthair-cèile m, cliamhainn m
ttbc|Slovak: Å¡vagor m
ttbc|Telugu: బావ
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References
R:Webster 1913|brother-in-law
R:Dictionary.com|brother-in-law
"brother-in-law" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"brother-in-law" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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