18 нояб. 2024 г. · 1. a dialect : woman b : a woman acting in a specified capacity used in combination fishwife 2. a female partner in a marriage

2 дня назад · the woman that you are married to: I met Greg's wife for the first time. She's his third wife (= she is the third woman he has been married to).

What is a basic definition of wife? A wife is a married woman. The word wife is often used when a woman's marital status is important to the current topic.

A1. the woman that a man is married to. жена I've never met William's wife. (Translation of wife from the Cambridge English–Russian Dictionary © Cambridge ...

A wife ( pl. : wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally ...

7 дней назад · wife in American English · 1. a female marriage partner; married woman · 2. (archaic or dial., except in idioms). a woman. an old wives' tale.

a man and woman who are married to each other; an old wives' tale (all) the world and his wife. See wife in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

/waɪf/ Other forms: wives. Definitions of wife. noun. a married woman; a partner in marriage.

a married woman : the woman someone is married to. We met him and his wife. They were husband and wife [=a married couple] for almost 60 years.

There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun wife, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...