OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1812

in-law

Meanings (ES + gloss)
familia afín • familia política • pariente afín • pariente político
A relative by marriage (or through affinity).
Louie: 'Neither boiling nor baking can diminish this creature's overpowering musky scent. Only suitable for serving to unpleasant in-laws.'
consuegro
Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare.
Word forms