brother-in-law

1. 1.

   a brother by marriage

   Broaderin-law

Questions about brother-in-law

What does brother-in-law mean?

brother-in-law means "a brother by marriage".

How many syllables are in brother-in-law?

brother-in-law has 4 syllables: brot-he-r-in--law. The stress falls on "brot". In IPA it is /ˈbɹʌðɚɪnˌlɔ/.

Is brother-in-law a common word?

brother-in-law is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with brother-in-law?

9 words rhyme with brother-in-law. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.