Word a Day
wife
What does wife mean?
wife (noun): a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce wife?
/waɪf/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does wife come from?
Inherited from Middle English wyf, wif, from Old English wīf (“woman, wife”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą (“woman; wife”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of wife?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “wife” mean?
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
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a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse
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a brief version of the essential meaning of something
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a formal association of people with similar interests
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