"niece-in-law" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nieces-in-law [plural]
Etymology: From niece + -in-law. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|niece|in-law}} niece + -in-law Head templates: {{en-noun|nieces-in-law}} niece-in-law (plural nieces-in-law)
  1. Someone's nephew's wife.
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-cBZDnLsj
  2. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).
    Someone's sibling's daughter-in-law.
    Someone's brother's daughter-in-law. (fraternal niece-in-law)
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-JEc~jCoZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in-law, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female family members Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Female family members: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5
  3. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).
    Someone's sibling's daughter-in-law.
    Someone's sister's daughter-in-law. (sororal niece-in-law)
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-0EOIlujI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in-law, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female family members Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Female family members: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5
  4. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).
    Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.
    Someone's wife's brother's daughter-in-law.
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-W9z18NRr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in-law, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female family members Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Female family members: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5
  5. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).
    Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.
    Someone's wife's sister's daughter-in-law.
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-P3E4FIhR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in-law, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female family members Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Female family members: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5
  6. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).
    Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.
    Someone's husband's brother's daughter-in-law.
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-0GZfB0UZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in-law, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female family members Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Female family members: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5
  7. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).
    Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.
    Someone's husband's sister's daughter-in-law.
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-hZYHvB5F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in-law, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female family members Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 15 15 15 15 15 15 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Female family members: 2 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5
  8. (rare) Someone's spouse's niece.
    Someone's husband's niece. (Usually called a niece.)
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-oMki3NN1
  9. (rare) Someone's spouse's niece.
    Someone's wife's niece. (Usually called a niece.)
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-niece-in-law-en-noun-vxXMiooi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: in-law Related terms: aunt-in-law, nephew-in-law, uncle-in-law

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From niece + -in-law.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nieces-in-law",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nieces-in-law"
      },
      "expansion": "niece-in-law (plural nieces-in-law)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "in-law"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aunt-in-law"
    },
    {
      "word": "nephew-in-law"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncle-in-law"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's nephew's wife."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nephew",
          "nephew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).",
        "Someone's sibling's daughter-in-law.",
        "Someone's brother's daughter-in-law. (fraternal niece-in-law)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ],
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ],
        [
          "daughter-in-law",
          "daughter-in-law"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).",
        "Someone's sibling's daughter-in-law.",
        "Someone's sister's daughter-in-law. (sororal niece-in-law)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ],
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ],
        [
          "daughter-in-law",
          "daughter-in-law"
        ],
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).",
        "Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.",
        "Someone's wife's brother's daughter-in-law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ],
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).",
        "Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.",
        "Someone's wife's sister's daughter-in-law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ],
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).",
        "Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.",
        "Someone's husband's brother's daughter-in-law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ],
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ],
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised).",
        "Someone's spouse's sibling's daughter-in-law.",
        "Someone's husband's sister's daughter-in-law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ],
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's spouse's niece.",
        "Someone's husband's niece. (Usually called a niece.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ],
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Someone's spouse's niece.",
        "Someone's husband's niece. (Usually called a niece.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone's spouse's niece.",
        "Someone's wife's niece. (Usually called a niece.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ],
        [
          "niece",
          "niece"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Someone's spouse's niece.",
        "Someone's wife's niece. (Usually called a niece.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "niece-in-law"
}

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