| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Plural | mothers‐in‐law |
| Afrikaans | skoonma |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sogra |
| Danish | svigermor |
| Dutch | schoonmoeder |
| Esperanto | bopatrino |
| Faeroese | vermóðir |
| French | belle‐mère |
| Hawaiian | makuahūnōai wahine |
| Hungarian | anyós |
| Icelandic | tengdamamma; tengdamóðir |
| Italian | suocera |
| Latin | socrus |
| Luxemburgish | Schwéiermamm |
| Norwegian | svigermor |
| Papiamento | suegra |
| Polish | teściowa |
| Portuguese | sogra |
| Spanish | suegra |
| Swedish | svärmor |
| Turkish | kaynana |
| Welsh | chwegr |
| West Frisian | skoanmem |