sons-in-law
SaySUNZ-in-lawUS/ˈsʌnzɪnˌlɔ/UK/ˈsʌnzɪnˌlɔː/
- 1Plural of son-in-law.
Her two sons-in-law helped move the heavy furniture into the new house.
The matriarch treated all her sons-in-law as if they were her own children.
Note
The plural lands in the middle of the phrase. The -s goes on son, the head noun, not on the end of the compound, so the standard form is sons-in-law rather than son-in-laws. Other compounds whose main noun comes first, such as passersby and attorneys general, work the same way. When in doubt, ask which word names the people being counted. Here it is the sons, the husbands of one's children.
sons-in-law is a form of son-in-law
son-in-law, noun: The husband of one's child. Full entry
- Forms
- son-in-lawsons-in-law plural
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