Mother-in-Lawとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 moder in lawe; equivalent to mother +‎ -in-law.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɔː/ (enPR: mŭˈ -thər-ĭn-lôˌ)
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɑː/ (enPR: -läˌ)

名詞

mother-in-law (plural mothers-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) mother-in-laws)

1. The mother of one's spouse.

   Hypernyms: in-law, parent-in-law

   Coordinate terms: father-in-law, mother-out-law

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:35:

     For I am come to ſet a man at variance* againſt his father, ⁊ the daughter againſt her mother, and the daughter in law againſt her mother in law.

   • 2008 January 10, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail‎:

     Odontophobia, or the fear of dental work, seems equally plausible, as does pentheraphobia - fear of the mother-in-law.

2. A mother-in-law apartment.
3. A mother-in-law sandwich.
4. (obsolete) A stepmother.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility:

     Do but consider, my dear Mr. Dashwood, how excessively comfortable your mother-in-law and her daughters may live on the interest of seven thousand pounds,

5. (uncountable) A spicy Caribbean sauce made with peppers, carrots, onions, lime juice, etc.

同意語

(mother of one's spouse):

• ma-in-law (colloquial), mom-in-law (US, informal), mum-in-law (British, informal)
• saas (India)
• shviger (US slang)

派生語

• monster-in-law
• stepmother-in-law
• mother-in-law apartment
• mother-in-law's cushion
• mother-in-law language
• mother-in-law sandwich
• mother-in-law style
• (uncommon) co-mother-in-law

関連する語

• brother-in-law
• daughter-in-law
• father-in-law
• sister-in-law
• son-in-law