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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wife /waɪf/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. wives /waɪvz/USA pronunciation .- Anthropologya married woman.
wife•ly, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wife (wīf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. wives (wīvz),USA pronunciation v., wifed, wif•ing.
n. - Anthropologya woman joined in marriage to a man;
a woman considered in relation to her husband;
spouse. - a woman (archaic or dial., except in idioms):old wives' tale.
- take to wife, to marry (a particular woman):He took an heiress to wife.
v.i., v.t. - Slang Terms[Rare.]wive.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English wīf woman; cognate with Dutch wijf, German Weib, Old Norse vīf
- a combining form of wife, now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women:fishwife; housewife;midwife.
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