Definition of father-in-law in English:
father-in-law
nounPlural fathers-in-law ˈfɑːðərɪnlɔːˈfɑðər ən ˌlɔ
The father of one's husband or wife.
Example sentencesExamples
- True-to-form, Phil ended up throwing his considerable weight around and smacking his father-in-law to be.
- I did eventually find a space after leaving my father-in-law at an entrance with instructions to not go anywhere until I got back.
- I said yes, if I could take my wife and daughter, as well as my father-in-law and his sister who was staying with us.
- It will have to be signed by his wife, his father-in-law and his father jointly.
- Then our family members, including my father-in-law, discussed the matter.
- My father-in-law is the producer and my husband has done a guest role in it.
- In those days the daughters-in-law of a house and their fathers-in-law weren't supposed to have any direct contact.
- We just got back from a dinner celebrating my father-in-law's birthday.
- His wife Sylvia recalls the final day she saw her father-in-law alive.
- They showed up at my home before dinner, and dragged me away in front of my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
- She murders both her father-in-law and her husband before being deported to Siberia.
- One of the few solid relationships was with his father-in-law.
- Aidan looked at his father-in-law and then over at his wife before finally agreeing.
- He does not have much patience for either his wife or his father-in-law's hypochondria.
- His wife was outside with a candy bar and his father-in-law Lionel was next to him.
- His father-in-law Jimmy passed away this morning after a long illness.
- Women normally adopt a deferential attitude toward men, especially to their husbands and fathers-in-law.
- But after his father-in-law accepted him as a family member, he found him to be very nice.
- One month later, her father-in-law died and her husband became King Louis VII.
- Acts of defiance or insubordination by women toward their husbands, fathers-in-law, or other senior male relatives can result in beatings from male relatives, especially one's husband.
Definition of father-in-law in US English:
father-in-law
nounˈfɑðər ən ˌlɔˈfäT͟Hər ən ˌlô
The father of one's spouse.
Example sentencesExamples
- One month later, her father-in-law died and her husband became King Louis VII.
- Acts of defiance or insubordination by women toward their husbands, fathers-in-law, or other senior male relatives can result in beatings from male relatives, especially one's husband.
- They showed up at my home before dinner, and dragged me away in front of my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
- It will have to be signed by his wife, his father-in-law and his father jointly.
- His wife Sylvia recalls the final day she saw her father-in-law alive.
- His wife was outside with a candy bar and his father-in-law Lionel was next to him.
- True-to-form, Phil ended up throwing his considerable weight around and smacking his father-in-law to be.
- She murders both her father-in-law and her husband before being deported to Siberia.
- In those days the daughters-in-law of a house and their fathers-in-law weren't supposed to have any direct contact.
- One of the few solid relationships was with his father-in-law.
- Aidan looked at his father-in-law and then over at his wife before finally agreeing.
- But after his father-in-law accepted him as a family member, he found him to be very nice.
- Women normally adopt a deferential attitude toward men, especially to their husbands and fathers-in-law.
- His father-in-law Jimmy passed away this morning after a long illness.
- I said yes, if I could take my wife and daughter, as well as my father-in-law and his sister who was staying with us.
- Then our family members, including my father-in-law, discussed the matter.
- I did eventually find a space after leaving my father-in-law at an entrance with instructions to not go anywhere until I got back.
- My father-in-law is the producer and my husband has done a guest role in it.
- We just got back from a dinner celebrating my father-in-law's birthday.
- He does not have much patience for either his wife or his father-in-law's hypochondria.