/waɪf/
Translation
The woman a man is married to.
Word origin
From Old English wif, which simply meant woman.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- wif
Grammar
Examples
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"Wife" means the woman a man is married to.
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"Wife" here means the married woman.
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"Wives" is the plural, meaning more than one wife.
A wife is the woman a man is married to. When a man and a woman marry, the woman becomes his wife. The plural of wife is wives, which means more than one wife.
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