- Afrikaans: skoonmoeder
- Albanian: vjehrrë f
- Arabic:
حَمَاة f (ḥamāh)
- Armenian: սկեսուր (hy) (skesur) (husband's mother), զոքանչ (hy) (zokʿančʿ) (wife's mother)
- Aromanian: soacrã f
- Asturian:
suegra (ast) f
- Avar: якьад
(jakḷad)
- Azerbaijani: qayınana
- Bashkir: ҡәйнә (qäynä)
- Basque:
amaginarreba (eu)
- Belarusian: свякро́ў f
(svjakróŭ), свякру́ха f (svjakrúxa) (husband's mother),
це́шча f (cjéšča) (wife's mother)
- Brunei Malay: mama mantua
- Bulgarian: свекъ́рва (bg) f (svekǎ́rva)
(husband's mother), тъ́ща (bg) f (tǎ́šta) (wife's mother)
- Burmese: ယောက္ခမ (my) (yaukhka.ma.)
- Catalan:
sogra (ca) f
- Chinese: Mandarin: 婆婆 (zh) (pópo) (husband's mother), 岳母 (zh)
(yuèmǔ) (wife's mother)Min Nan: 大家 (ta-ke, tā-ke, tōa-kee) (husband's mother), 丈姆 (zh-min-nan) (tiǔⁿ-ḿ, tiūⁿ-ḿ, tiòⁿ-ḿ) (wife's father), 丈姆婆 (zh-min-nan) (tiǔⁿ-ḿ-pô, tiūⁿ-ḿ-pô, tiòⁿ-ḿ-pô) (wife's father)
- Cornish: hweger f
- Czech: tchýně (cs) f, tchyně (cs) f
- Danish: svigermor (da) c
- Dutch:
schoonmoeder (nl) f
- Esperanto: bopatrino (eo)
- Estonian: ämm (et)
- Faroese:
vermóðir f, vermamma f
- Finnish: anoppi (fi)
- French: belle-mère (fr) f
- Friulian: madone f
- Galician:
sogra (gl) f
- Georgian: სიდედრი
(sidedri) (wife's mother), დედამთილი (dedamtili) (husband's mother)
- German:
Schwiegermutter (de) f, Schwäherin (de) f (obsolete)
- Gooniyandi: marriyali
- Gothic:
𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 f (swaihrō)
- Greek:
πεθερά (el) f (petherá)Ancient:
πενθερά f (pentherá), (Epic)
ἑκυρά f (hekurá)
- Greenlandic: saki
- Hebrew:
חָמוֹת (he) f (khamót) (husband's mother),
חוֹתֶנֶת (he) f (khoténet) (wife's
mother)
- Hindi: सास (hi) f (sās)
- Hungarian:
anyós (hu)
- Hunsrik: Schwieghermutter f
- Icelandic: tengdamamma (is) f
- Ido:
bomatro (io)
- Ilocano: katugangan a babai
- Indonesian:
mertua perempuan, ibu mertua (id)
- Interlingua: matre affin
- Irish: máthair chéile
- Italian: suocera (it) f
- Japanese: 姑 (ja) (しゅうとめ, shūtome), 義母 (ja) (ぎぼ, gibo),
義理の母 (giri-no-haha)
- Kaqchikel: alinam
- Kashmiri:
ہَش (ks) (haś)
- Korean: 시어머니 (ko) (sieomeoni) (husband's mother), 장모 (ko)
(jangmo) (wife's mother)
- Krisa: (husband’s mother) sami
- Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خەسو (xesu)Northern Kurdish: xesû (ku) f
- Ladino:
esfuegra, eshfuegra (Istanbul, Izmir)
- Lao:
ແມ່ຜົວ (mǣ phūa) (husband's mother),
ແມ່ເມັຽ (mǣ mīa) (wife's mother),
ສະວະສະລຸ (sa wa sa lu),
ສະສຸຣີ (sa su rī), ສັດສຸ
(sat su)
- Latin: socrus f
- Lithuanian: uošvė (lt), anyta
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- Macedonian: све́крва f (svékrva) (husband's mother), те́шта f (téšta),
ба́ба (mk) f (bába) (wife's mother)
- Malay:
ibu mertua, emak mertua
- Manx:
moir 'sy leigh f
- Maori: hungarei,
hungawai
- Marathi: सासू f (sāsū)
- Middle English:
moder in lawe
- Mwani: mukwe
- Norman: belle-méthe f
- Northern Ohlone: 'úqi
- Northern Sami: vuoni, vuonesássa
(future)
- Norwegian: Bokmål: svigermor (no) m or fNynorsk:
svigermor f, vermor f
- Occitan:
sògra (oc) f
- Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic:
свекрꙑ f (svekry) (husband's mother),
тьща f (tĭšta) (wife's mother)
- Old English:
sweġer f
- Old Tupi: mendy
- Oriya: ଆଈଶାଶୁ (aiśaśu)
- Pashto: خواښې (ps) f
- Pennsylvania German: Schwiegern f, Schwaermammi f,
Schwiegermudder f
- Persian: مادرشوهر (fa) (mâdar-šouhar), مادرزن (fa)
(mâdar-zan), خشو (fa) (xošu)
- Plautdietsch:
Schwiamutta f
- Polish: teściowa (pl) f, świekra (pl) f (archaic; husband's mother)
- Portuguese:
sogra (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਸੱਸ (pa) f (sassa)
- Quechua: aqu (wife's mother),
kisma (wife's mother), kiwach (husband's mother)
- Romani: sasuj f
- Romanian: soacră (ro) f,
mamă-soacră f
- Russian: свекро́вь (ru) f (svekróvʹ), свекру́ха (ru) f (svekrúxa) (husband's mother), тёща (ru) f (tjóšča) (wife's mother)
- Sanskrit: श्वश्रू (sa) f (śvaśrū)
- Sardinian: socra f
- Scots:
guid-mither
- Scottish Gaelic: màthair-chèile
- Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic:
свекрва f (husband's mother), ташта f
(wife's mother)Roman: svekrva (sh) f (husband's mother),
tašta (sh) f (wife's mother)
- Seri: (of a male)
aaquéect cmaam
- Skolt Sami: vueʹn
- Slovak: svokra (sk) f, svekruša f
- Slovene:
tašča (sl) f
- Spanish: suegra (es) f
- Swahili: mama mkwe
- Swedish:
svärmor (sv) c
- Sylheti: ꠢꠠꠤ
(hoṛi)
- Tagalog: biyanang-babae
- Tamil: மாமியார் (ta) (māmiyār)
- Taos: kána
- Telugu:
అత్త (te) (atta)
- Thai: แม่สามี (mɛ̂ɛ-sǎa-mii) (husband's mother), แม่ยาย (th)
(mɛ̂ɛ-yaai) (wife's mother), แม่ผัว (mɛ̂ɛ-pǔua) (husband's mother)
- Tupinambá: (wife’s mother-in-law) mendy, (husband’s mother-in-law; t-) aîxó
- Turkish:
kaynana (tr), kayınvalide (tr), hanımanne (tr)
- Turkmen:
gaýynene
- Udi: сейне (sejne)
- Ukrainian:
свекру́ха f (svekrúxa) (husband's mother), те́ща f (téšča) (wife's mother)
- Vietnamese: mẹ chồng (husband's mother),
mẹ vợ (vi) (wife's mother)
- Volapük:
lümot (vo)
- Võro: ämm
- Welsh:
chwegr f, mam yng nghyfraith f
- Yiddish:
שוויגער f (shviger)
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