daughter-in-law B2 Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)ɪnˌlɔː/ See IPA manual Freq #8077 Meanings 1 noun The wife of your son. His daughter-in-law cooked dinner for the whole family. Thesaurus Word family Forms daughters-in-law Etymology AI details From Middle English doghter in lawe; equivalent to daughter + -in-law. doghter in lawe Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # daughter-in-law **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)ɪnˌlɔː/ **Frequency rank:** 8077 ## Meanings 1. The wife of your son. ## Examples - His daughter-in-law cooked dinner for the whole family. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: doghter in lawe ## Etymology From Middle English doghter in lawe; equivalent to daughter + -in-law. ## AI Etymology Daughter-in-law is from Middle English doghter in lawe; equivalent to daughter plus -in-law. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, daughter-in-law denotes the wife of your son. Typical contexts include “His daughter-in-law cooked dinner for the whole family”. The meaning stays close to the form: it applies the etymological material to the wife of your son, keeping the visible parts legible in ordinary use. ## Topics - Family & Relationships - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown