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See synonyms for: wife / wives / wifeless on Thesaurus.com
noun, plural wives [wahyvz]. /waɪvz/.
a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
a woman ( archaic or dial., except in idioms): old wives' tale.
verb (used with or without object), wifed, wif·ing.
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take to wife , to marry (a particular woman): He took an heiress to wife.
before 900; Middle English, Old English wīf woman; cognate with Dutch wijf, German Weib, Old Norse vīf
OTHER WORDS FROM wife wifedom, noun wifeless, adjective wife·less·ness, noun
a combining form of wife , now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.
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Those Dale Girls | Frank Weston Carruth
a man's partner in marriage; a married woman Related adjective: uxorial
an archaic or dialect word for woman
wifehood , noun wifeless , adjective wifelike , adjective wifeliness , noun
Old English wīf; related to Old Norse vīf (perhaps from vīfathr veiled), Old High German wīb (German Weib )
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He wasn’t doing any of that in the fourth quarter, his wife said.
In September, my wife , my three-year-old daughter, Jojo, and I evacuated when southern Oregon’s Almeda Fire started less than a mile from our home.
My son and his wife visited us recently because a holiday visit might deliver the wrong kind of gift.
He changes his locks often, he explains, because Pete comes over and steals from him and his wife .
Shortly after her call, the young wife and mother went for a walk and hasn’t been seen since.
On his marriage he was compelled to give up playing in public, on account of the objections raised by his wife s relations.
Concern for her physical welfare touched his wife s vanity and appealed to her heart.
For his wife s and childrens sake he is sorely tempted to commit fraud, to tell falsehoods, and obtain illicit gains.
During his absence, his wife s maid introduces the lover into her mistress chamber while Amelia sleeps.
On the second floor was a little salon which gave into his wife s bedroom, from which it formed the only exit.
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noun, plural wives [wahyvz]. /waɪvz/.
a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
a woman ( archaic or dial., except in idioms): old wives' tale.
verb (used with or without object), wifed, wif·ing.
THIS QUIZ ON BLUE OPPOSITES WILL SURELY "BLUE" YOU AWAY
What do you think the opposite of blue is? See how much you know about the many ways we can describe the opposite of blue.
What does SAFFRON symbolize in Hindu traditions?
take to wife , to marry (a particular woman): He took an heiress to wife.
before 900; Middle English, Old English wīf woman; cognate with Dutch wijf, German Weib, Old Norse vīf
OTHER WORDS FROM wife wifedom, noun wifeless, adjective wife·less·ness, noun
a combining form of wife , now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022
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The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
a man's partner in marriage; a married woman Related adjective: uxorial
an archaic or dialect word for woman
wifehood , noun wifeless , adjective wifelike , adjective wifeliness , noun
Old English wīf; related to Old Norse vīf (perhaps from vīfathr veiled), Old High German wīb (German Weib )
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
The word wife is often used when a woman’s marital status is important to the current topic. For example, a man might explain to a salesperson that he is looking for a present for his wife , which is a lot more helpful than saying he is buying a gift for “a woman.”
The plural of wife is wives . A man who is married is called a husband . A woman whose marital partner has died is called a widow .
Sometimes, a modifier is used with wife to be more specific about a woman’s marital partner.
Some married people prefer gender-neutral terms, such as spouse or partner . The choice is up to the people in the marriage.
The first records of wife come from before the 900s. It comes from the Old English word wīf , meaning “woman.” It is related to the Dutch wijf , the German Weib , and the Old Norse vīf .
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Wife is a very common word used to explain a woman’s relationship to her spouse.
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Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has teed up a trip to the Oscars as a Christmas gift for his wife Cathy.
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A man near and dear to me and many others has lost his wife in a battle with cancer. My prayers are with you Coach Jackson
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) July 3, 2013
The word wife is used to refer to a woman who is not married.
Number one, the wife of a venture capitalist is a multimillionaire.
Like any cash-poor landowner, Lister decides that she needs a rich wife and sets her sights on Ann Walker, a local heiress who’s been dazzled by Lister’s charisma for years.
I don’t think it’s something that most people are voluntarily doing or are interested in doing, but it took us a long time to track down the wives that we did, and we’re fairly confident that when the show drops, more will come out.
The morning after we were evacuated, I left my wife , Jenny, and our two daughters, who are 15 and 17, in Santa Cruz and went back to my house in Bonny Doon with my friend Josh.
My wife and I understood and challenged our hidden biases when our children introduced us to friends who were different from them.
In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife ’ get thrown around.
His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.
The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.
Except for maybe his brainiac wife … but she could do better anyway.
So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.
But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife , retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”
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A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse.
[Middle English wif , woman, wife , from Old English wīf .]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
1. (Law) one's (female) partner in marriage; a married woman.
2. an archaic or dialect word for woman
3. take to wife to marry (a woman)
[Old English wīf; related to Old Norse vīf (perhaps from vīfathr veiled), Old High German wīb (German Weib )]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
1. a woman joined in marriage to a man and considered as his spouse.
2. a woman ( archaic or dial., except in idioms): old wives' tales.
take to wife, to marry (a particular woman): And he took to wife a woman of the next village.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English wīf woman, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon wīf, Old High German wīp, Old Norse vīf ]
a combining form of wife , now unproductive, occurring in words that designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
1. the murder of a wife by a husband. 2. a husband who murders his wife. — uxoricidal , adj.
Obsolete, the condition of widowhood. Also viduity . — vidual , adj.
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Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
battle-axe , battle-ax - a sharp-tongued domineering wife
crown princess - the wife of a crown prince
first lady - the wife of a chief executive
golf widow - a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf
honest woman - a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time); "he made an honest woman of her"
homemaker , housewife , lady of the house , woman of the house - a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
marchioness - the wife or widow of a marquis
matron - a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
mayoress - the wife of a mayor
missis , missus - informal term of address for someone's wife
old lady - your own wife; "meet my old lady"
sheika , sheikha - the wife of a sheik
signora - an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name
better half , married person , partner , spouse , mate - a person's partner in marriage
trophy wife - a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man; "his trophy wife was an asset to his business"
ux. , uxor - (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
vicereine - wife of a viceroy
viscountess - a wife or widow of a viscount
adult female , woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
hubby , husband , married man - a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
noun spouse , woman (informal) , partner , mate , squeeze (informal) , bride , old woman (informal) , old lady (informal) , little woman (informal) , significant other (U.S. informal) , better half (humorous) , her indoors (Brit. slang) , helpmate , helpmeet , (the) missis or missus (informal) , vrou (S. African) , bidie-in (Scot.) He married his wife Jane 37 years ago.
Quotations "If you get a good wife you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher" [Socrates] "Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses" [Francis Bacon] "An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband" [Booth Tarkington] "I... chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well" [Oliver Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield ] "My fairest, my espoused, my latest found," "Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight" [John Milton Paradise Lost ] "best image of myself and dearer half" [John Milton Paradise Lost ]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bobučių pasaka pati smurto panaudojimas prieš žmoną žmona žmonos sumušimas
wife [ˈwaɪf] [ wives ] ( pl ) n → femme f , épouse f She's his wife → C'est sa femme .
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
n pl → Frau f , → Gattin f (form) , → Gemahlin f (liter, form) ; the wife (inf) → die Frau ; a woman whom he would never make his wife → eine Person , die er niemals zu seiner Frau machen würde ; businessmen who take their wives with them on their trips → Geschäftsleute , die ihre (Ehe) frauen or Damen mit auf Geschäftsreise nehmen ; to take a wife (old) → sich (dat) → eine Frau or ein Weib (old) → nehmen ; to take somebody to wife (old) → jdn zum Weibe nehmen (old)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wife [waɪf] n ( wives ( pl ) ) → moglie f the wife ( fam ) → la padrona it's just an old wives' tale → è solo una superstizione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
the woman to whom one is married. Come and meet my wife; He is looking for a wife. vrou زَوْجَه съпруга esposa manželka die (Ehe-)Frau kone η σύζυγος esposa , mujer naine, abikaasa زن vaimo femme אישה पत्नी žena, supruga feleség istri eiginkona moglie 妻 아내 žmona sieva isteri echtgenote kone , hustru żona ماينه، ښځه، مېرمن esposa soţie жена manželka žena supruga fru, hustru ภรรยา eş , karı 妻子 дружина, жінка بیوی vợ 妻子
a superstitious and misleading story. ouvroustorie خُرافَة عَجائِز суеверие superstição babské řeči das Altweibermärchen ammestuehistorie λαϊκή δοξασία cuento de viejas vananaisteplära قصه های مادربزرگان kansanomainen uskomus conte de bonne femme סִיפּוּרֵי סָבתַא अंधविश्वास वाली और भ्रामक कहानी praznovjerna priča mesebeszéd tahayul kerlingabók, kredda, bábilja superstizione たわいのない話 (노파들의) 실없는 이야기 bobučių pasaka sievu tenkas; blēņas kepercayaan karut, tahyul oudewijvenpraat gammel overtro, eventyr; kjerringråd babskie gadanie کیسی superstiáao poveşti de adormit copiii бабушкины сказки babské reči babja čenča bapske priče amsaga, skrock เรื่องลี้ลับเกี่ยวกับภรรยาแก่ kocakarı masalı, boş inanç 無稽之談 бабські плітки; бабські вигадки من گھڑت باتیں chuyện mê tín 无稽之谈，荒诞故事
the crime of beating one's own wife. vrouslanery ضَرْب المَرأَه насилие над съпругата crime doméstico bití manželky die Gewalt in der Ehe (gegen die Ehefrau) hustrumishandling κακοποίηση συζύγου malos tratos naisepeks قتل همسر vaimon pahoinpitely violence conjugale מַכֵּה נָשִים पत्नी को पीटने का अपराध zlostavljanje supruge feleségbántalmazás kejahatan memukul istri (il percuotere la propria moglie) 妻への暴力 아내 구타 smurto panaudojimas prieð þmonà, þmonos sumuðimas miesas bojājumu nodarīšana sievai jenayah memukul isteri sendiri vrouwenmishandeling konemishandling znęcanie się nad współmałżonką وژل избиение жены nezákonné použitie násilia voči manželke pretepanje žene zlostavljenje supruge อาชญากรรมของการต่อสู้เพื่อแย่งภรรยา karı dövme 毆妻罪 биття дружини اپنی بیوی کو مارنے کا جرم tội bạo hành gia đình 殴打妻子罪
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