Polyglot Dictionary

belle-sœur

/bɛl.sœʁ/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les belles-sœurs

Meaning

  1. sister-in-law

    • Sa belle-sœur habite à Lyon.

      His sister-in-law lives in Lyon.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sœur

Sœur is your biological sister; belle-sœur is a sister-in-law, gained through marriage.

Similar in other languages

German

Schwägerin

Schwägerin is the German word for the same thing — both mean "sister-in-law."

Practice

1 What does belle-sœur mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sa ___-sœur habite à Lyon.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches belle-sœur?

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