daughters-in-law
DAW-terz-in-law/ˈdɔtɚzɪnˌlɔ/UKDAW-tuhz-in-law/ˈdɔːtəzɪnˌlɔː/
- 1Plural of daughter-in-law.
The elderly woman left equal shares of her estate to her three daughters-in-law.
At the reunion, the brothers introduced their wives, who became fast friends as daughters-in-law in the same large family.
Note
The plural goes inside the compound rather than at its end. The -s attaches to daughter, the noun that carries the meaning, while in-law trails behind as a fixed qualifier that names the kind of daughter: a child's wife, not one's own child. When counting them, inflect the first word and keep the hyphens: three daughters-in-law, not three daughter-in-laws.
daughters-in-law is a form of daughter-in-law
daughter-in-law, noun: The woman married to one's son or daughter. Full entry
- Forms
- daughter-in-lawdaughters-in-law plural
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