"uncle-in-law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: uncles-in-law [plural]
Etymology: From uncle + -in-law. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|uncle|in-law}} uncle + -in-law Head templates: {{en-noun|uncles-in-law}} uncle-in-law (plural uncles-in-law)
  1. (nonstandard) The husband of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling). Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Male family members Translations (husband of one's aunt): oncle par alliance [masculine] (French), Schwiegeronkel [masculine] (German), тетак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tetak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svärfarbror (english: father's sister's husband) [common-gender] (Swedish), svärmorbror (english: mother's sister's husband) [common-gender] (Swedish), bác (Vietnamese), bác trai (Vietnamese), bác dượng (Vietnamese), chú (Vietnamese), chú dượng (Vietnamese), dượng (Vietnamese) Translations (husband of one's uncle): oncle par alliance [masculine] (French), Schwiegeronkel [masculine] (German), svärfarbror (english: father's brother's husband) [common-gender] (Swedish), svärmorbror (english: mother's brother's husband) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uncle-in-law-en-noun-UmXXKX4A Disambiguation of Male family members: 51 25 25 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 German translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 30 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 22 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 18 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 43 28 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 25 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 42 29 29 Disambiguation of "husband of one's aunt": 60 20 20 Disambiguation of "husband of one's uncle": 48 28 24
  2. (nonstandard) The uncle of one's spouse.
    The uncle of one's husband.
    Tags: nonstandard Translations (uncle of one's husband): bel-oncle [masculine] (French), Schwiegeronkel [masculine] (German), svärfarbror (english: husband's father's brother) [common-gender] (Swedish), svärmorbror (english: husband's mother's brother) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uncle-in-law-en-noun-Jh6VxLWs Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -in-law Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of "uncle of one's husband": 11 74 15
  3. (nonstandard) The uncle of one's spouse.
    The uncle of one's wife.
    Tags: nonstandard Translations (uncle of one's wife): bel-oncle [masculine] (French), Schwiegeronkel [masculine] (German), svärfarbror (english: wife's father's brother) [common-gender] (Swedish), svärmorbror (english: wife's mother's brother) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uncle-in-law-en-noun-194qHV27 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -in-law Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in-law: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of "uncle of one's wife": 9 15 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: in-law Related terms: aunt-in-law, nephew-in-law, niece-in-law

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "svärfarbror"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "husband's mother's brother",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's husband",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svärmorbror"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "uncle of one's wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bel-oncle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uncle of one's wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwiegeronkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "wife's father's brother",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's wife",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svärfarbror"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "wife's mother's brother",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's wife",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svärmorbror"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncle-in-law"
}

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