"beau-frère" meaning in French

See beau-frère in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bo.fʁɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-beau-frère.ogg Forms: beaux-frères [plural], belle-sœur [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French beau frere, beau-frere, beaufrere, beau-frère, beauffrère, biau frere. By surface analysis, beau- + frère. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|beau frere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French beau frere, {{inh+|fr|frm|beau frere}} Inherited from Middle French beau frere, {{surf|fr|beau-|frère}} By surface analysis, beau- + frère Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|beaux-frères|f=belle-sœur}} beau-frère m (plural beaux-frères, feminine belle-sœur)
  1. brother-in-law (brother of one's wife) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family, Male family members
    Sense id: en-beau-frère-fr-noun-BbQQ-1wm Disambiguation of Family: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Male family members: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with beau-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with beau-: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  2. brother-in-law (brother of one's husband) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family, Male family members
    Sense id: en-beau-frère-fr-noun-N3hzGaqD Disambiguation of Family: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Male family members: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with beau-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with beau-: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  3. brother-in-law (husband of one's sister) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family, Male family members
    Sense id: en-beau-frère-fr-noun-udpaTit7 Disambiguation of Family: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Male family members: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with beau-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with beau-: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  4. brother-in-law (husband of one's brother) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family, Male family members
    Sense id: en-beau-frère-fr-noun-0nNrx3zY Disambiguation of Family: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Male family members: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with beau-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with beau-: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beau-fils [masculine], beau-père [masculine], belle-fille [feminine], belle-mère [feminine], belle-sœur [feminine], bru [feminine], gendre [masculine]

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