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gendre

son-in-law

noun ZHAHN-druh Rare

Origin: From Old French, Latin 'generum'.

Usage Note

Gendre means specifically a daughter's husband. There is no separate feminine equivalent — the husband has a belle-mère (mother-in-law) and beau-père (father-in-law), while his wife's parents call him their gendre. Beau-fils is a synonym (and also means stepson, which can cause ambiguity).

Examples

"Leur gendre est médecin à Lyon."

Natural Translation

Their son-in-law is a doctor in Lyon.

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