WIFE

Meaning of WIFE in English

(wives)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

A man’s ~ is the woman he is married to.

He married his ~ Jane 37 years ago...

The woman was the ~ of a film director.

N-COUNT: usu with poss

see also old wives’ tale

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WIFE — I. ˈwīf noun ( plural wives -īvz) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIFE — — wifedom , n. — wifeless , adj. — wifelessness , n. /wuyf/ , n. , pl. wives /wuyvz/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIFE — v. marry a wife (rare usage)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WIFE — noun ( plural wives ˈwīvz) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; akin to Old High German wīb wife …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIFE — [wife] n, pl wives [ME wif, fr. OE wif; akin to OHG wib wife] (bef. 12c) 1 a dial: woman …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIFE — wife BrE AmE waɪf ▷ wife's waɪfs ▷ wives waɪvz ▶ ˈ wife ˌ swapping BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIFE — / waɪf; NAmE / noun ( pl. wives / waɪvz; NAmE /) the woman that a man is married to; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIFE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIFE — n. (pl. wives) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIFE — n. (pl. wives) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIFE — n. (pl. wives) 1. a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old …
Oxford English vocab
WIFE — ( wives) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A man’s wife is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIFE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES future wife/husband/son-in-law etc (= someone who will be your wife, husband, son-in-law etc ) jealous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
WIFE — Synonyms and related words : better half, bride, common-law wife, concubine, consort, dowager, feme, feme covert, goodwife, goody, helpmate, helpmeet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIFE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ future ▪ former (also ex-wife ) ▪ first , second , etc. ▪ deserted ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WIFE — сущ. 1) жена, супруга to desert, leave one's wife ≈ уйти от жены, бросить жену abused, battered wife ≈ оскорбленная/обиженная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIFE — wife.ogg waıf n ( pl wives) 1. жена; супруга to take a wife - жениться to take to wife - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WIFE — wife сущ., мн. ч. - wives1) жена, супруга man and wife — муж и жена to desert, leave one's wife …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WIFE — n ( pl wives) 1. жена; супруга to take a wife - жениться to take to wife - взять в …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WIFE — сущ. , мн. - wives 1) жена, супруга man and wife — муж и жена to desert, leave one's wife …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WIFE — сущ., мн. - wives 1) жена, супруга man and wife — муж и жена to desert, leave one's wife — уйти от жены, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WIFE — _n. 1> жена; to take to wife - взять в жены, жениться 2> _уст. женщина - old wives' tales all …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WIFE — n. 1. жена; to take to wife - взять в жены, жениться 2. уст. женщина - old wives' tales all …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WIFE — _n. (_pl. wives) 1> жена; to take to wife взять в жёны, жениться 2> _уст. женщина; old wives' tales бабьи …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
WIFE — жена - monogamous wife - polygamous wife
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
WIFE
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
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Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WIFE
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WIFE — сущ. 1) жена, супруга to desert, leave one's wife ≈ уйти от жены, бросить жену abused, battered wife ≈ оскорбленная/обиженная …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIFE — marita
English interlingue dictionary
WIFE — asawa/misis (Noun) asawa
English-Visayan vocabulary
WIFE — noun (plural wives) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; akin to Old High German wīb ~ and probably …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WIFE — (n.) The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who …
Английский словарь Webster
WIFE — (n.) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, …
Английский словарь Webster
WIFE — ( n. ) The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIFE — ( n. ) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-WIFE — a combining form of wife , now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIFE — n. female spouse; woman acting in a particular capacity (used in combination: e.g. midwife); woman (Old Usage)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WIFE — noun a woman; an adult female; now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, …
Webster English vocab
WIFE — n. Pronunciation: ' w ī f Function: noun Inflected Form: plural wives \ ' w ī vz \ Etymology: Middle …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WIFE — ■ noun ( plural wives ) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. ↘ archaic or dialect a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WIFE — A fetter fixed to one leg.
Slang English vocab
WIFE — n. Function: noun the female partner in a marriage FF1C; a sense of humor is a requirement for any prospective …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WIFE — n. Married woman, matron, helpmate, consort, spouse, mate, partner, better half, ~ of one's bosom, gray mare.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WIFE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WIFE — See ↑ MARRY 10 ◆◆◆ • ↑ man and wife
Longman Activator English vocab
WIFE — n. 25B6; noun SPOUSE, partner, mate, consort, woman, helpmate, helpmeet, bride; informal old lady, wifey, better half, missus; Brit. informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIFE — n L (ртов) одна из проституток, работающих на сутенера (особ. любимая) 2. (homos) пассивный гомосексуалист или лесбиянка 3. (mil coll) …
Dirty English-Russian vocab
WIFE — n. 1) (old-fashioned) to take a ~ 2) to beat; desert, leave one's ~ 3) an abused, battered; common-law; estranged …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WIFE — n. mate, helpmeet, helpmate, spouse, bride, partner, Colloq better half, little woman, the missis or missus, old lady or woman, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WIFE — See: Marriage
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WIFE — healsgebedda, wif, ides
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
WIFE — uncle ned
Cocney English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIFE — Женщина
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WIFE — Жена
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WIFE — (n) жена
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WIFE — n ( pl wives) 1. жена; супруга to take a ~ - жениться to take to ~ - взять в …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WIFE — n. жена, женщина
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WIFE — n. жена, женщина
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

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