English
Etymology
Alteration of with.
Alternative spellings
wid (informal)
with
Pronunciation
enPR|wÄth, IPA|/wɪð/
:rhymes|ɪð
enPR|wÄf, IPA|/wɪf/
:rhymes|ɪf
Preposition
en-prep
- context|informal|dialectal with
Quotations
1998: That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes. — Ted Shine in Contributions, ISBN 0822202387, p. 31
2000: I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps. — Jan King in It'S A Girl Thing: The Hilarious Truth About Women ISBN 0740711318, p. 161
2002: If I don' have no problem wif my high school test? — Stan Hayes in The Rough English Equivalent, ISBN 059524579X p. 324
Middle English
Etymology
OE.|enm wif#Old English|wīf.
Noun
wif
- A wife, woman.
Quotations
ca. 1380: It cam in cuppemele — this craft my wif used! — William Langland, Piers Plowman
ca. 1380:
— Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant's Tale
Category:Middle English nouns
Old English
Etymology
From Ger.|ang *wÄ«bam, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wif#Old Frisian|wif, Old Saxon wif#Old Saxon|wif (Dutch wijf), Old High German vip|vÄ«p (German Weib â��womanâ��), Old Norse vÃf. Tocharian B kwÄ«pe, A kip â��vaginaâ�� may be cognates, suggesting an IE.|ang root *gÊ°wÄ«bÊ°-.
Pronunciation
IPA|/wi:f/
Noun
unicode|wīf n
- A woman.
- A married woman, a wife.
Descendants
English: wife
Derived terms
wifmann|wīfmann
Category:Old English nouns
af:wif
fr:wif
ru:wif
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