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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.3.6 References 2 Scots 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /waɪf/, SAMPA: /waIf/
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  Rhymes: -aɪf

[ Etymology

Old English wīf (“‘woman’”), from Proto-Germanic *wīƀam. Cognate with Dutch wijf, German Weib.

[ Noun

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wife (plural wives)

1. A married woman.
2. The female of a pair of mated animals.

   A new wife for the gander is introduced into thee pen.

3. (Geordie, dialectal) 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 n

[ Derived terms

• fishwife n
• wife-beater n
• wifey n

[ Translations

married woman

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: زوجة (záuja) f. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: žena bs(bs) f. Breton: gwreg f. Bulgarian: жена bg(bg) (žená) f., съпруга bg(bg) (sǎprúga) f. CJKV Characters: 婦, 妇, 妻 Catalan: dona f., muller f. Chinese: 妻子 (qīzi), 愛人 (àiren), 老婆 (lǎopó) Teochew: bhou2, lao6pua5 Czech: manželka cs(cs) f., žena cs(cs) f. Danish: hustru da(da), kone da(da), fru da(da) Dutch: vrouw nl(nl) f., echtgenote nl(nl) f. Esperanto: edzino eo(eo) Estonian: haamu et(et) Faroese: kona f., vív n. Finnish: vaimo fi(fi), aviovaimo fi(fi) French: femme fr(fr) f., épouse fr(fr) f. Georgian: ცოლი (tsoli) German: Ehefrau de(de) f., Frau de(de) f., Gattin de(de) f. Greek: σύζυγος el(el) (sýzygos) f., γυναίκα el(el) (gynáika) f., συμβία el(el) (symvía) f. Guaraní: embireko (t-) Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: אשה (eshá) f. Hindi: पत्नी (patnī) Hungarian: asszony hu(hu), feleség hu(hu) Icelandic: eiginkona is(is) f., kona is(is) f. Indonesian: istri id(id) Interlingua: sponsa, sposa, uxor Irish: bean ga(ga) f., bean chéile ga(ga) f. Italian: sposa it(it) f., moglie it(it) f. Japanese: 妻 (つま, tsuma), 奥さん (おくさん, okusan), 家内 (かない, kanai) Korean: 아내 (anae) Kurdish: jin ku(ku), kebanî ku(ku), xanim ku(ku), ژن ku(ku), خێزان ku(ku)

Lao: ເມຍ (mia) Latin: uxor la(la) f. Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: pati lt(lt) f., žmona lt(lt) f. Manchu: (sargan) Marathi: नवरी (navrī) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: hustru no(no), kone no(no), fru no(no) Old English: cwene ang(ang), cwēn ang(ang) Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: żona pl(pl) f., małżonka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: esposa pt(pt) f., mulher pt(pt) f. Romanian: soţie ro(ro) f., nevastă ro(ro) f. Russian: жена ru(ru) (žená) f. Scottish Gaelic: bean-chèile f., bean-phòsda f. Serbian: Cyrillic: жена f., супруга f. Roman: žena f., supruga f. Sicilian: mugghieri f. Slovak: manželka sk(sk) f., žena sk(sk) f. Slovene: žena f., soproga f. Spanish: esposa es(es) f., mujer es(es) f. Swahili: mke (nc 1/2) Swedish: hustru sv(sv), maka sv(sv), fru sv(sv) Tamil: மனைவி (manayvi), பொண்டாட்டி (poNDATTi) Telugu: పెళ్ళాం (peLLAM), భార్య (bhaarya), ఆలి (aali) Thai: ภรรยา (panyaa) Tupinambá: emirekó (t-) Turkish: karı tr(tr) Urdu: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: vợ vi(vi) Volapük: jimatan Welsh: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: ווײַב (vayb) n. or f., פֿרוי (froy) f.

[ References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118

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[ Scots

[ Etymology

Old English wīf.

[ Noun

wife (plural wifes)

1. wife.