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nouns - Is there a word that means "the wife of one's brother"?


In some of the non-Latin-based languages that I know there is a special word for your brother's wife. Is there such a word in English?


Usage would be something like:



She is my __ (My brother's wife)




Answer



That would be sister-in-law:



sister of one's spouse, the wife of one's brother, or sometimes the wife of one's spouse's brother.



Edit: as ShreevatsaR points out in the comments, if you're looking for a single word that means only "wife of one's brother" and nothing else, then you're out of luck.


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