What does WIFE mean?
Definitions for WIFE
waɪf; waɪvzwife
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word WIFE.
Princeton's WordNet
wife, married womannoun
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
Wiktionary
wifenoun
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
wifenoun
The female of a pair of mated animals.
A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
Etymology: From wif, wiif, wyf, from wif, from wīban, possibly from gʰʷí₂bʰ- (compare Tocharian A/B kip/kwīpe).\ Cognate with wife, wiif, wüf, wijf, Wief, Weib, viv, viv, vív, víf.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wifenoun
Plural wives A woman that has a husband.
Etymology: wif , Saxon; wiff, Dutch.
Your claim, fair sister,
I bar it in the interest of my wife. William Shakespeare, King Lear.There’s no bottom, none
In my voluptuousness; your wives, your daughters,
Your matrons and your maids could not fill up
The cistern of my lust. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Why saidst thou, she is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife. Gen. xii. 19.
The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks,
Safest and seemliest by her husband stays. John Milton.The wife her husband murders, he the wife. Dryden.
Fond of his friend, and civil to his wife. Alexander Pope.
Strawberry wives lay two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest are little ones. Francis Bacon.
Wikipedia
Wife
A wife (PL: wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgement. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow. The rights and obligations of a wife in relation to her partner and her status in the community and in law vary between cultures and have varied over time.
ChatGPT
wife
A wife is a married woman who is legally and traditionally bound to her husband in a committed and usually monogamous relationship. In many cultures and societies, a wife typically fulfills the role of a life partner, sharing domestic responsibilities, emotional support, and often participating in the raising of children together.
Webster Dictionary
Wifenoun
a woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like
Wifenoun
the lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband
Etymology: [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. wb, Icel. vf, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [ Germania 8]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Cf. Hussy a jade, Woman.]
Wikidata
Wife
A wife is a female partner in a continuing marital relationship. A wife may also be referred to as a spouse. The term continues to be applied to a woman who has separated from her husband and ceases to be applied to such a woman only when her marriage has come to an end following a legally recognised divorce or the death of her spouse. On the death of her husband, a wife is referred to as a widow, but not after she is divorced from her husband. The rights and obligations of the wife in relation to her husband, and others, and her status in the community and in law, varies between cultures and has varied over time. In a heterosexual relationship, a woman's spouse is her husband.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wife
wīf, n. a woman: a married woman: the mistress of a house, a hostess—often in this sense 'goodwife.'—n. Wife′hood, the state of being a wife.—adjs. Wife′less, without a wife; Wife′-like, Wife′ly. [A.S. wíf; Ice. víf, Ger. weib; not conn. with weave.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
wife
1. In good society, a publicity agent who advertises her husband's financial status through conspicuous waste and conspicuous leisure. 2. In the submerged tenth, a punching-bag and something handy for batting up flies. 3. A man's mental mate, and therefore his competitor in the race for power. 4. The other half of the sphere. (This view is usually regarded as a vagary, and any one holding it is apt to be pointed out as strange, peculiar, erratic and unsafe.)
Editors Contribution
wife
A person that is married
His wife is working on a project at the moment and he looks forward with joyful anticipation to seeing and cuddling with her.
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WIFE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #554
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WIFE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #775
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WIFE' in Nouns Frequency: #198
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WIFE in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WIFE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of WIFE in a Sentence
To us, it isn't the amount of gifts or the value that the girls are receiving, it's the love they received. It meant the world to us we see their smiles, and the lifelong friendship we have made with Alvin and his wife.
Chris Rock has no real understanding of what happened to Will Smith in the 90 minutes or so leading up to the incident. But there’s obviously something going on for Will. Chris’ joke, and his wife being humiliated in public like that, would’ve been the final straw.
These kids are not innocent by any means, they started it, and unfortunately, the father went to protect his wife and two small kids.
His job here was done, he was ready to go with his wife. He loved her. I know that they're together and my dad wouldn't have had it any other way.
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.
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- زوجةArabic
- manželkaCzech
- koneDanish
- EhefrauGerman
- γυναίκαGreek
- edzinoEsperanto
- esposaSpanish
- زنPersian
- vaimoFinnish
- femmeFrench
- bean chéileIrish
- पत्नीHindi
- feleségHungarian
- istriIndonesian
- moglieItalian
- אישהHebrew
- 妻Japanese
- ಪತ್ನಿKannada
- 아내Korean
- uxoremLatin
- vrouwDutch
- koneNorwegian
- żonaPolish
- esposaPortuguese
- soțieRomanian
- � енаRussian
- fruSwedish
- மனைவிTamil
- భార్యTelugu
- ภรรยาThai
- kadın eşTurkish
- بیویUrdu
- người vợVietnamese
- ווייבYiddish
- 妻子Chinese
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