"parent-in-law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parents-in-law [plural]
Etymology: parent + -in-law Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parent|in-law}} parent + -in-law Head templates: {{en-noun|parents-in-law}} parent-in-law (plural parents-in-law)
  1. One's spouse's parent. Categories (topical): Family members Derived forms: co-parent-in-law [uncommon] Related terms: mother-in-law, father-in-law Translations (mother-in-law or father-in-law): aita-amaginarreba (Basque), panugangan (Bikol Central), mantua (Brunei Malay), ugangan (Cebuano), svigerforældre [plural] (Danish), appivanhemmat [plural] (Finnish), beau-parent [masculine] (French), Schwiegerelternteil [neuter] (German), πεθερικά (petheriká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), tengdaforeldrar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), katuganga (Limos Kalinga), mertua (Malay), hungarei (Maori), hungawai (Maori), mukwe (Mwani), svigerforeldre [plural] (Norwegian), svärförälder [common-gender] (Swedish), biyenan (Tagalog), ugangan (Waray-Waray)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "mother-in-law or father-in-law",
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      "word": "svärförälder"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mother-in-law or father-in-law",
      "word": "biyenan"
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      "sense": "mother-in-law or father-in-law",
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