WIFE


Meaning of WIFE in English

/ waɪf; NAmE / noun

( pl. wives / waɪvz; NAmE /) the woman that a man is married to; a married woman :

the doctor's wife

She's his second wife.

an increase in the number of working wives

—see also fishwife , housewife , midwife , trophy wife

IDIOMS

see husband noun , old , world

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English wīf woman , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib .

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