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My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.
Jeff Foxworthy

Meaning of "father-in-law" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FATHER-IN-LAW

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FATHER-IN-LAW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Father-In-Law is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FATHER-IN-LAW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Parent-in-law

A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse. Many cultures and legal systems impose duties and responsibilities on persons connected by this relationship. A person is a son-in-law or daughter-in-law to the parents of the spouse, who are in turn also the parents of those sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law who are siblings of the spouse. Together the members of this family affinity group are called the in-laws.

Definition of father-in-law in the English dictionary

The definition of father-in-law in the dictionary is the father of one's wife or husband.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FATHER-IN-LAW

fatheadedness
father
Father Christmas
father confessor
father figure
father lasher
father of the chapel
Father of the House
Father Time
Father´s Day
fatherhood
fathering
fatherland
fatherless
fatherlessness
fatherlike
fatherliness
fatherly
fathers-in-law
fathership

WORDS THAT END LIKE FATHER-IN-LAW

attorney-at-law
attorneys-at-law
barrister-at-law
brother-in-law
brothers-in-law
bye-law
counselor-at-law
daughter-in-law
daughters-in-law
fathers-in-law
heir-at-law
heirs-at-law
in-law
mother-in-law
mothers-in-law
pre-law
sister-in-law
sisters-in-law
son-in-law
sons-in-law

Synonyms and antonyms of father-in-law in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «father-in-law» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FATHER-IN-LAW

Find out the translation of father-in-law to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of father-in-law from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «father-in-law» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公公或岳父
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suegro
570 millions of speakers

English

father-in-law
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिता जी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الـحَمُو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свекор, тесть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sogro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্বশুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beau-père
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bapa mertua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwiegervater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

義父
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시아버지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bapak mantu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bố chồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாமனார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सासरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kayınpeder
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

suocero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

teść
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тесть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tată-socru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πεθερός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vader -in-wet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svärfar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svigerfar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of father-in-law

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FATHER-IN-LAW»

The term «father-in-law» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.369 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FATHER-IN-LAW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about father-in-law

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10 QUOTES WITH «FATHER-IN-LAW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word father-in-law.
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Sergio Aguero
I like to think that people who really know me understand I am the same person - and that is something I will always fight to maintain. Obviously the money is there, but I want to stay the same. At the same time, I want my son to enjoy what I didn't have. My father-in-law often looks at all the toys and games Benjamin has.
2
Nita Ambani
My father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next day, I got a phone call, and the caller said, 'I'm Dhirubhai Ambani... may I talk to Nita?' I said, 'It's a wrong number' and put down the phone. Then he called again... and I said, 'If you're Dhirubhai Ambani, then I'm Elizabeth Taylor.'
3
Rosecrans Baldwin
My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. It fans out from the auricles, wafting from the ridge lines like cilia, like gray feathered plumage.
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Don Baylor
Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law.
5
Amit Bhatia
My father-in-law and I always had great interest in Indian sport. At the Athens Olympics, watching the wrestling event, we started discussing the state of Indian sport - inadequate representation, lack of satisfactory results etc. We thought we should do something about it.
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Columba Bush
My father-in-law is so sensitive. Sometimes I think he displays too much love for my children.
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Bonnie Jo Campbell
We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one Annie Oakley had, and my husband has a .357 Magnum pistol. All those are locked up tight, of course. We have a couple of pellet guns that get more use than the real guns.
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Dick Clark
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
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Mark Consuelos
Sometimes we're at hotels, and I'll answer the phone. They'll say, 'Mr. Ripa, your breakfast is coming upstairs.' And I'm like, Is my father-in-law here? But, obviously, I'm proud either way - Ripa or Consuelos.
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Jeff Foxworthy
My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FATHER-IN-LAW»

Discover the use of father-in-law in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to father-in-law and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Father in Law
He currently lives outside of Auckland, New Zealand. Terry is working on the sequel to Father in Law. Publisher's website: http: //SBPRA.com/TerryHayward
Terry Hayward, 2011
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Isan Father-in-Law
This journey through the life of Mr. Rin takes the reader into Thai history, culture, law, and background information skilfully woven into the story.
Lawrence Whiting
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My Father-In-Law: Memories of Karl Barth
Finally my father-in-law was able to get away from the crowd and we exchanged impressions over a peaceful meal. We met at 5:00 pm in the hotel lobby shortly before we were to get dressed for the gala dinner at the Sorbonne. A waiter ...
Max Zellweger-Barth, Jean or Dikran Hadidian, 1986
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Mothers-in-law and Daughters-in-law: Understanding the ...
It was weeks before my future father-in-law's birthday. I sat in my apartment in Santa Monica contemplating whether or not it was appropriate to buy a card that would be from my fianc e and myself, buy a separate card that would be from me  ...
Deborah M. Merrill, 2007
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Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family
Jidd z6ji Jadd zauji Sawuna d'goree Geshirze ruetz hira Mo lian ahair mo chell Hendad fy ngwr Svigerfaders fader Afi maDDS min. , Mans farfar □ Father-in- law's father Beliuwd groot vader Mans bess vader , Meines mannes groesvater.
Lewis Henry Morgan, 1870
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The Cubeo Indians of the Northwest Amazon
He is father-in-law. There are no formal avoidances in this relationship. The important relationship is between a woman and her father- in-law. There is a good deal of restraint between these two. The father-in-law is her mentor on moral issues ...
Irving Goldman, 1979
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Conversion, Identity, and Power: The Impact of Christianity ...
Wife-Taker and Wife-Giver The power relationship that is created through the high bridewealth payment gives the father-in-law access to the material assets of his son- in-law and his family. This gives the father-in-law the ability to acquire and ...
A. Sue Russell, 1999
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Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge: Vol.17
Father-in-law's father. Grandfather of man my. Hnsband's grandfather Father-in- law's father. Husband's grandfather. ll U My hushand's grandfather. H I' M The grandfather of my husband. Great father-in-law. “ l' (l l l Father of father-in-law.
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The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...
flock of Jethro his father in law, returned to Jethro his father in law, Moses' father in law, Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, Jethro, Moses1 lather inlaw, I thy father in law Jethro am come went out to meet his father in law, Moses told his father in  ...
George V. Wigram, 1890
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The Law Times Reports: Containing All the Cases Argued and ...
The evidence shows that this was done for the purpose of preferring the father-in- law. The result of his action is that he is preferred and Marsden must be taken to have intended the effect of his acta : Freeman v. Pope, 23 L. T. Eep. N. S. 208 ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FATHER-IN-LAW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term father-in-law is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jake Quickenden bonds with his father-in-law!
So Jake Quickenden was as surprised as any when he came out with a close friend in Carl Fogarty - and later a girlfriend in Carl's daughter ... «New Magazine, Jul 15»
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JIMMY LOWE: Father-in-law had many roles in people's lives
Since the death of my father-in-law earlier this week, family and friends of Paul Proffitt have shared memories of him from his lifetime of 86 years ... «Glasgow Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stabbing Father-In-Law 40 Times, Killing Him
A young man pleaded not guilty to murdering his father-in-law and stabbing him 40 times during a 4th of July celebration. 22-year-old Joseph ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
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NH man accused of hampering CPR on father-in-law who later died
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A New Hampshire man is accused of interfering with emergency workers trying to save his father-in-law, who ... «The Union Leader, Jul 15»
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An Irish woman is raising funds for her future father-in-law's life …
Julie O'Connell from Dublin is moving heaven and earth to raise money for her future father-in-law's life saving surgery. Eight weeks ago ... «JOE, Jul 15»
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Trainee Sub-Inspector's death: Police file dowry case, arrest …
Terming it as a case of dowry harassment, the Sagar police have arrested the husband and father-in-law of Anamika Kushwaha, a trainee ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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What's Cooking: He got serious about cooking when he met his …
On Father's Day, my father-in-law and I decided we would each build a cold smoker from refrigerators so we can cure our own sausages and ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
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Police: Dad beat father-in-law over parenting dispute
A parenting dispute grew out-of-hand when a man assaulted his father-in-law in a W. Eighth Street apartment on June 29, cops charged. «Brooklyn Daily, Jul 15»
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Pirates notebook: Alvarez single sinks father-in-law
Padres interim manager Pat Murphy is Alvarez's father-in-law. Alvarez is married to Murphy's daughter, Keli. After Alvarez's walk-off single ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
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Child pornography trial underway for father-in-law of Susan Powell
Powell was convicted of voyeurism in 2012 and served 30 months in prison for shooting photos and video of two young neighbor girls using the ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»

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