Definitions for wife

wife wife

Spelling: [wahyf]
IPA: /waɪf/

Wife is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in wife (efiw).

Definitions for wife

noun

  1. a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
  2. a woman (archaic or dial., except in idioms):

Idioms

  1. take to wife, to marry (a particular woman):

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Rare. wive.

Origin of wife

before 900; Middle English, Old English wīf woman; cognate with Dutch wijf, German Weib, Old Norse vīf

Examples for wife

He was married, but constantly said he was about to leave his wife, so she would divorce him.

The girls I know are taught painstakingly how to get a husband, but nothing of how to be a wife.

Through my wife [McCauley is married to singer/songwriter Vanessa Carlton].

Too bad, though—you certainly need a wife to take the conceit out of you.

So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.

My wife answered and thought it was a friend impersonating the governor.

Again he recurred to his early years, and talked fondly of his wife and children.

The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.

"I must make you acquainted with my wife and children," he said.

His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.

Word Value for wife
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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