wikipedia|Wife (disambiguation)
English
rank|perhaps|state|says|308|wife|hear|least|person
Pronunciation
IPA|/waɪf/, SAMPA|/waIf/
audio|en-us-wife.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
OE. wif|wīf.
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|wives
- A marry|married woman.
- The female of a pair of mated animals.
#: A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
- context|Geordie|dialect A woman (compare old wife and aad wife).
Usage notes
The singular possessive is wife's, as in "My wife's mother is my mother-in-law."
Synonyms
partner (may or may not be married)
spouse (also applies to husband)
Antonyms
husband pos_n
Derived terms
fishwife pos_n
wife-beater pos_n
wifey pos_n
Translations
trans-top|married woman
Arabic: Arab|ز�جة (záuja) f
Bosnian: žena f
Breton: gwreg f
Bulgarian: жена (žená) f, ��п��га (s�prúga) f
Catalan: dona f, muller f
CJKV Characters: 婦, �, 妻
Chinese: 妻å� (qÄ«zi), æ��人 (à iren), è��å©� (lÇ�opó)
Czech: manželka f, žena f
Danish: hustru, kone, fru
Dutch: vrouw f, echtgenote f
Esperanto: edzino
Estonian: haamu
Faroese: kona f, vÃv n
Finnish: vaimo, aviovaimo
French: femme f, épouse f
Georgian: ���� (tsoli)
German: Ehefrau f, Frau f, Gattin f
Greek: Ï�Ï�ζÏ�γοÏ� (sýzygos) f, γÏ�ναίκα (gynáika) f, Ï�Ï�μβία (symvÃa) f
GuaranÃ: embireko (t-)
Hebrew: �ש� (eshá) f
Hindi: पत�न� (patnī)
Hungarian: asszony, feleség
Icelandic: eiginkona f, kona f
Indonesian: istri
Interlingua: sponsa, sposa, uxor
Italian: sposa f, moglie f
Irish: bean chéile f
Japanese: 妻 (��, tsuma), 奥�� (����, okusan), 家� (���, kanai)
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Korean: �� (anae)
Kurdish: jin, kebanî, xanim, KUchar|��, KUchar|خ�زا�
Latin: uxor f
Lithuanian pati f, žmona f
Marathi: नवर� (navrī)
Norwegian: hustru, kone, fru
Old English: cwene, cwen|cw�n
Manchu: (sargan)
Polish: żona f, ma�żonka f
Portuguese: esposa f, mulher f
Romanian: soţie f, nevast� f
Russian: жена (žená) f
Serbian:
Scottish Gaelic: bean-chèile f, bean-phòsda f
Sicilian: mugghieri f
Slovak: manželka f, žena f
Slovene: žena f, soproga f
Spanish: esposa f, marida f
Swahili: mke (nc 1/2)
Swedish: hustru, maka, fru
Tamil: மன�வி (manayvi), ப�ண��ா���ி (poNDATTi)
Telugu: à°ªà±�à°³à±�ళాà°� (peLLAM), à°à°¾à°°à±�à°¯ (bhaarya), à°�లి (aali)
Thai: Thai|ภรรยา (panyaa)
Tupinambá: emirekó (t-)
Turkish: karı
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References
R:New Geordie Dictionary 1987
Category:Family
Scots
Etymology
OE.|sco wif|wīf.
Noun
sco-noun
- wife#English|wife.
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