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==English==
{{wikipedia|Wife (disambiguation)}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|wyf}}, {{m|enm|wif}}, from {{inh|en|ang|wīf|t=woman, wife}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wīb}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wībą|t=woman, wife}}.

Germanic cognates include {{cog|sco|wife||wife}}, {{cog|fy|wiif||wife, woman}}, {{cog|stq|Wieuw||woman, lady, female}}, {{cog|frr|wüf||wife, woman}}, {{cog|nl|wijf||woman, female}}, {{cog|nds|Wief||woman, female}}, {{cog|de|Weib||woman, wife, female}}, {{cog|da|viv||wife, woman}}, {{cog|no|viv||wife, woman, girl}}, {{cog|sv|viv||woman}}, {{cog|fo|vív||wife, woman}}, {{cog|is|víf||woman}}.

The further etymology is unknown, with a number of disputed suggestions. One suggestion connects Tocharian A/B {{m|xto|kip}}/{{m|txb|kwīpe||genitals, female pudenda}}, for a hypothetical Indo-European {{m|ine-pro|*gʰwíbʰ-|t=pudenda}}.<ref>{{R:txb:Adams 1999|page=238}}</ref><ref>Klaus Totila Schmit and Klaus Strunk, “Toch. B ''kwī̆pe'' ‘Schaum, Schande’, A ''kip'' ‘Schaum’ und germ. *''wīƀa'' ‘Weib’”, ''Indogermanica Europaea: Festschrift für Wolfgang Meid'' (Graz: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Graz, 1989), pages 251-284</ref>
Another suggestion connects Old English {{m|ang|wǣfan||wrap, clothe}}, Old Norse {{m|non|vífa||wrap, veil}} for a suggested original motive of "married woman wearing a scarf".

Yet another suggestion  connects Old High German {{m|goh|weibon||move to and fro}}, Old Norse {{m|non|veifa||swing, throw}}, for a motive of "one who is moving busily; housekeeper, maidservant" (cf. German {{m|de|Weibel||manservant, usher}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/waɪf/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-wife.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-wife.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Greenman-wife.wav}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪf|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|wives}}

# A [[marry|married]] [[woman]], especially in relation to her spouse.
#: {{ux|en|[[w:The Fisherman and His Wife|The Fisherman and His '''Wife''']]}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=29 April 1558|author=[[w:William Drury|Sir William Drurye]]|title=Will of Sir William Drurye [of Hawstede, Suffolk]|page=1|publisher=Prerogative Court of Canterbury|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D979123|passage=And I [[give|geue]] vnto the ſame Elizabeth my '''wif''' the [[sparver|ſparuers]] and hangings of the ſame [[twoo]] [[beddes]] [[usually|vſuallye]] occupied, and hanging ouer and about the ſame twoo beddes{{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=10|passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his '''wife''' they seemed to be brothers.}}
#* '''1952''', [[w:P._G._Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse]], ''Big Business'', in [[w:A_Few_Quick_Ones|'A Few Quick Ones']], Everyman, London: 2009, p 127-8.
#*: All through Reginald's deeply moving performance she had sat breathless, her mind in a whirl and her soul stirred to her very depths. With each low note that he pulled up from the soles of his shoes she could feel the old affection and esteem surging back into her with a whoosh, and long before he had taken his sixth bow she knew ... that it would be madness to try to seek happiness elsewhere, particularly as the '''wife''' of a man with large ears and no chin, who looked as if he were about to start in the two-thirty race at Kempton Park.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date= 3 March 2014|doi= 10.3390/rel5010219|author=Zoe Alderton|title= ‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom|work=Religions|publisher=MDPI|url= https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/1/219/htm |pages=219–257|volume=5|issue=1|passage=  Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the '''wives'''. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.}}
# The [[female]] of a pair of [[mated]] [[animal]]s.
#: {{ux|en|A new '''wife''' for the gander is introduced into the pen.}}
# {{lb|en|Scotland}} {{synonym of|en|woman}}.<ref name=Century>{{R:Century 1911}}</ref>

====Usage notes====
Although mostly used only humorously, ''wife'' can be used with ''the'' to indicate one's own wife, as in "I'd like to go, but the '''wife''' wants me home".

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|married woman}} {{l|en|little woman}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* See also [[Thesaurus:wife]]

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|married woman}} {{l|en|husband}}, {{l|en|were#Etymology 2|were|pos=n}} {{q|obsolete}}

====Hypernyms====
* {{l|en|better half}}, {{l|en|life partner}}, [[partner]], [[significant other]], [[spouse]], [[wedder]]

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|aad wife
|(from woman) [[alewife]]
|archwife
|blue star wife|devil is kissing his wife|mob wife
|Caesar's wife
|Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
|(partner) [[co-wife]], [[cowife]]
|country wife
|cyberwife
|devil's beating his wife
|(partner) [[ex-wife]], [[ex wife]]
|(woman) [[fishwife]]
|gold star wife
|(woman) [[goodwife]]
|(partner) [[housewife]]
|husband and wife
|(partner) [[huswife]]
|(partner) [[man and wife]]
|I now declare you man and wife
|(woman) [[midwife]]
|(woman) [[old wife]], [[old-wife]], [[oldwife]]
|oyster wife
|(woman) [[pudding-wife]]
|seawife|brother's wife|devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter
|side-wife
|sister-wife|wife guy
|spaewife
|take a wife
|take to wife
|the world and his wife
|(partner) [[trophy wife]]
|(partner) [[wifebeater]], [[wife-beater]], [[wife beater]]
|wife-beating question
|wife carrying
|wife-giver
|(woman/partner) [[wifehood]]
|wife-in-law
|wifekin
|(partner) [[wifeless]]
|wifelet
|wifelike
|wifeliness
|wifeling
|wifelkin
|wife selling
|wifestyle
|wifeswapping
|(woman) [[wifely]]
|wife's best friend
|wife-taker
|wife up
|(partner) [[wifey]]
|work wife|all the world and his wife|apple-wife|bamboo wife|Deppford wife|Dutch wife|Lot's wife|orange-wife|plural wife|prison wife|Stepford wife|wife acceptance factor|wife-beating|tradwife
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|srn|wefi}}
* {{desctree|ja|ワイフ|tr=waifu|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|와이프|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|married woman}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|аҳәса}}, {{t|ab|аԥҳәыс}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|vrou}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|マチ|tr=maci}}
* Aiton: {{t-needed|aio}}
* Akkadian: {{t|akk|𒁮|f|tr=aššatu}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|grua|f}}
* Alviri-Vidari: {{qualifier|Vidari}} {{t|avd|زینه|tr=zine}}
* Ambonese Malay: {{t|abs|maitua}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ሚስት}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|زَوْجَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|اِمْرَأَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|زوجَة|f|tr=zōga}}, {{t|arz|مرات|f|tr=merāt}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|زُوجَة|f|tr=zōja}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|مرا|f|tr=mara}}, {{t|ajp|زوجَة|f|tr=zōje}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կին}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|ãnveastã|f}}, {{t|rup|sutsãlji}}, {{t|rup|nicuchirã|f}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|ঘৈণী}}, {{t|as|পত্নী}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|muyer|f}}, {{t+|ast|esposa|f}}
* Avar: {{t|av|лъади|csecond}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|arvad}}, {{t|az|zövcə}}, {{t|az|əyal}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡатын}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|emazte}}
* Bats: {{t|bbl|ფსტუ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|жо́нка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বিবি}}, {{t+|bn|বেগম}}, {{t+|bn|বউ}}, {{t+|bn|আহলিয়া}}, {{t+|bn|আওরত}}, {{t+|bn|জরু}}, {{t+|bn|স্ত্রী}}, {{t+|bn|পত্নী}}
* Betawi: {{t|bew|bini}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|लुगाई}}, {{t|bho|जोरू}}
* Bookan: {{t|bnb|andu}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|gwreg|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|жена́|f}}, {{t+|bg|съпру́га|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|မယား}}, {{t+|my|ဇနီး}} {{qualifier|formal}}
* Buryat: {{t|bua|һамган}}
* Butuanon: {{t|btw|asawa}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|жона́|f}}, {{t|rue|жена́|f}}, {{t|rue|ма́нжелка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|dona|f}}, {{t+|ca|muller|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|asawa}}
* Chakma: {{t-needed|ccp}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|зуда}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|imihoo}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|妻子}} {{qualifier|formal}}, {{t|yue|老婆}}, {{t|yue|太太}} {{qualifier|polite}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|чижын}}, {{t|dng|чи}}, {{t|dng|пәе}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|老媽}}
*: Gan: {{t|gan|老婆}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|餔娘|tr=pû-ngiòng}}, {{t|hak|太太|tr=thai-thai}}, {{t|hak|老姐|tr=ló-chiá}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|某|tr=bóo}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|某囝|tr=bó͘-kiáⁿ}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|家後|tr=ke-āu}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|牽手|tr=khan-chhiú}}, {{t|nan-hbl|牽的|tr=khan--ê}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|太太|tr=thài-thài}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|查某人|tr=cha-bó͘-lâng}}
*: Jin: {{t|cjy|老婆}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|妻子|tr=qīzi}}, {{t+|cmn|老婆|tr=lǎopo}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|cmn|愛人}} {{qualifier|PRC, husband or wife}}, {{t+|cmn|太太}} {{qualifier|polite}}, {{t+|cmn|內人}} {{qualifier|literary, humble}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|老媽}}
*: Teochew: {{t|nan-tws|某|tr=bhou2}}, {{t|nan-tws|老婆|tr=lao6 pua5}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|老婆}}, {{t|wuu|太太}}, {{t|wuu|妻子}}
*: Xiang: {{t|hsn|堂客}}
* Chukchi: {{t|ckt|ӈэвъэн|tr=ṇėvʺėn}}
* Coptic:
*: Bohairic: {{t|cop|ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ|f}}
*: Sahidic: {{t|cop|ϩⲓⲙⲉ|f}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|gwreg}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|apaqay|f}}, {{t|crh|apay|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|manželka|f}}, {{t+|cs|žena|f}}, {{t+|cs|choť|f}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|mojer|f}}, {{t|dlm|molier|f}}, {{t|dlm|mulir|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hustru|c}}, {{t+|da|kone|c}}, {{t+|da|frue|c}}
* Dibabawon Manobo: {{t|mbd|asawa}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vrouw|f}}, {{t+|nl|echtgenote|f}}
* Eastern Cham: {{t|cjm|ꨨꨕꨳꨪꩇ|tr=hadi`ip}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ḥmt|f|h=N41:t-B1}}, {{t-egy|ḥbsyt|f|h=H-b-s-i-i-t-S28-B1}}, {{t-egy|snt|f|h=sn-n:t-B1}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|ни}}, {{t|myv|пола}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|edzino}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|naine}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|аси}}
* Faliscan: {{t|xfa|uxo}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|kona|f}}, {{t|fo|vív|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaimo}}, {{t+|fi|aviovaimo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|femme|f}}, {{t+|fr|épouse|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|femine|f}}, {{t|fur|muîr|f}}, {{t|fur|cristiane|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|esposa|f}}, {{t+|gl|muller|f}}, {{t|gl|dona|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ცოლი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ehefrau|f}}, {{t+|de|Frau|f}}, {{t+|de|Eheweib|n}}, {{t+|de|Weib|n}}, {{t+|de|Gemahlin|f}}, {{t+|de|Gattin|f}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σύζυγος|f}}, {{t+|el|γυναίκα|f}}, {{t+|el|συμβία|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|γαμετή|f}}, {{t|grc|δάμαρ|f}}, {{t|grc|ὄαρ|f}} {{q|Epic}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|nuliaq}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|embireko}} (t-)
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|પત્ની|f}}, {{t|gu|બૈરી|f}}, {{t|gu|ભાર્યા|f}}, {{t+|gu|સ્ત્રી|f}}, {{t|gu|જોરૂ|f}}, {{t|gu|વહુ|f}}, {{t|gu|નારી|f}}, {{t|gu|બાઈડી|f}}, {{t|gu|ઓરત|f}}, {{t|gu|બીબી|f}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|matar aure}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|wahine}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אִשָּׁה|f|tr=ishá}}, {{t+|he|בַּת זוּג|f|tr=bat zúg}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|asawa}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पत्नी|f}}, {{t+|hi|बीवी|f}}, {{t+|hi|गृहणी|f}}, {{t+|hi|भार्या|f}}, {{t+|hi|वल्लभा|f}}, {{t+|hi|वधू|f}}, {{t+|hi|स्त्री|f}}, {{t+|hi|गृहिणी|f}}, {{t+|hi|जाया|f}}, {{t+|hi|जनि|f}}, {{t|hi|ज़न|f}}, {{t+|hi|जोरू|f}}, {{t+|hi|घरवाली|f}}, {{t+|hi|लुगाई}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|asszony}}, {{t+|hu|feleség}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|eiginkona|f}}, {{t+|is|kona|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|spozino}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|istri}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|nain}}, {{t|izh|naisikko}}, {{t|izh|vaimo}} {{qualifier|folk poetic}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|цӏен-нана}}, {{t|inh|сесаг}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|sponsa}}, {{t|ia|sposa}}, {{t|ia|uxor}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|bean|f}}, {{t|ga|bean chéile|f}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|ben|f}}, {{t|sga|séitig|f}}
* Istriot: {{t|ist|muier|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sposa|f}}, {{t+|it|moglie|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|妻|tr=つま, tsuma}}, {{t+|ja|家内|tr=かない, kanai}} {{qualifier|only for speaker's}}, {{t+|ja|ワイフ|tr=waifu}}, {{t+|ja|奥さん|tr=おくさん, okusan}} {{qualifier|traditionally except for speaker's}}, {{t+|ja|奥様|tr=おくさま, okusama}} {{qualifier|except for speaker's|honorific}}, {{t+|ja|夫人|tr=ふじん, fujin}} {{qualifier|humble}}, {{t|ja|ご夫人|tr=ごふじん, go-fujin}} {{qualifier|honorific}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|rabi}}, {{t|jv|bojo wadon}}, {{t|jv|garwa putri}}
* Kaingang: {{t|kgp|mré nĩ fi}}
* Kamba: {{t|kam|kiveti}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಪತ್ನಿ}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{t|krc|юй бийче}}, {{t|krc|юйдеги}}, {{t|krc|къатын}}
* Kashmiri: {{t+|ks|آشَنؠ|tr=āśan'}}, {{t|ks|آشێنؠ|tr=āśen'}}, {{t+|ks|کۄلَے}}, {{t|ks|خانہٕ دارێنؠ|tr=xānụdāren'}}, {{t+|ks|رٔنؠ|tr=rạn'}}, {{t|ks|زَنان}}, {{t+|ks|گَرواجیٚنؠ|tr=garvājen'}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|әйел}}, {{t|kk|жар}}, {{t|kk|қатын}}
* Khamti: {{t-needed|kht}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ប្រពន្ធ}}, {{t+|km|ភរិយា}}, {{t+|km|ឃរណី}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|mũka|c1}}, {{t|ki|mũtumia|c1}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|아내}} {{qualifier|humble}}, {{t+|ko|집사람}} {{qualifier|humble}}, {{t+|ko|안사람}} {{qualifier|humble}}, {{t+|ko|안해}} {{qualifier|North Korea, humble}}, {{t+|ko|마누라}} {{qualifier|humble}}, {{t|ko|와이프}} {{qualifier|humble, colloquial, South Korea}}, {{t+|ko|부인(夫人)}} {{qualifier|honorific}}
* Krio: {{t|kri|wef}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|ژن}}, {{t+|ckb|خێزان}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|jin}}, {{t+|kmr|kebanî}}, {{t+|kmr|xanim}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|аял}}, {{t|ky|катын}}
* Ladin:
*: badiot: {{t|lld|fomena|f}}
*: fascian: {{t|lld|fémena|f}}
*: gherdëina: {{t|lld|fëna|f}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເມຍ}}, {{t|lo|ພັນລະຍາ}}, {{t|lo|ບໍລິຈາ}}, {{t|lo|ປັດຕະນິ}}, {{t|lo|ປະລິຈາລິກາ}}, {{t|lo|ຊານິກາ}} {{qualifier|royal}}, {{t|lo|ຊາຍາ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|sīva|f}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|uxor|f}}, {{t|la|nupta|f}}, {{t+|la|femina|f}}, {{t+|la|mulier|f}}, {{t|la|marita|f}}, {{t+|la|coniunx|f}}, {{t|la|matrona}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|sieva}}, {{t|lv|dzīvesbiedre|f}}, {{t|lv|dzīvesbiedrene|f}}
* Laz: {{t|lzz|ჩილი}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|pati|f}}, {{t+|lt|žmona|f}}
* Lolopo: {{t|ycl|maerssor}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|miee|f}}
* Louisiana Creole French: {{t|lou|fenm}}, {{t|lou|épouz}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Ehfro|f}}, {{t+|nds-de|Fro|f}}, {{t|nds-de|Ehfru|f}}, {{t+|nds-de|Fru|f}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦵᦙ}}
* Luganda: {{t|lg|mukyala wange}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|omkhasi}}
* Lycian: {{t|xlc|𐊍𐊀𐊅𐊀}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|же́на|f}}, {{t|mk|со́пруга|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|andefimandry}}, {{t+|mg|tokantrano}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|isteri}}, {{t+|ms|bini}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഭാര്യ}}, {{t+|ml|പത്നി|f}}
* Maltese: {{t+|mt|mara|f}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|ben-phoost}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hoa wahine}}, {{t+|mi|wahine}}, {{t|mi|hoa rangatira}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|lilang}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|नवरी|f}}, {{t|mr|बायको|f}}, {{t|mr|पत्नी|f}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|вате}}
* Mbyá Guaraní: {{t|gun|embireko}}, {{t|gun|a'yxy}}
* Megleno-Romanian: {{t|ruq|niveastă|f}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|ოსური}}, {{t|xmf|ჩილი}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|рьвя}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|гэргий}}, {{t+|mn|эхнэр}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠡᠢ}}, {{t|mn|ᠡᠬᠡᠨᠡᠷ}}
* Mwani: {{t|wmw|muka}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|аси}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|hweʼesdzáán}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|mugliera|f}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|पत्नी}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|faume|f}} {{qualifier|Guernsey}}, {{t|nrf|bouônnefemme|f}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Northern Ohlone: {{t|cst|háw̄a}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|hustru|m|f}}, {{t+|nb|kone|m|f}}, {{t+|nb|frue|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|hustru|f}}, {{t|nn|kone|f}}, {{t|nn|frue|f}}
* Nuosu: {{t|ii|ꀋꃀꀉꑳ}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|femna|f}}
* Odia: {{t|or|ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ}}
* Ojibwe: {{t|oj|niwiidigemaagan}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|жена|f}}
*: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|ⰶⰵⱀⰰ|f}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|жена|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|wīf|n}}
* Old French: {{t|fro|fame|f}}, {{t|fro|fam|f}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|niitii}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|бинойнаг}}, {{t|os|ус}}
* Pa'o Karen: {{t+|blk|မာ}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|супруга|f}}, {{t|rsk|товаришка|f}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|ښځه|f|tr=x̌ᶕja}}, {{t+|ps|زوجه|f|tr=zawja}}, {{t|ps|ورتينه|f|tr=wərtina}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|زَن}}, {{t+|prs|زَوْجَه}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|زَن}}, {{t+|fa-ira|زُوْجِه}}
* Phake: {{t-needed|phk}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t+|pdt|Wief|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|żona|f}}, {{t+|pl|małżonka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|esposa|f}}, {{t+|pt|mulher|f}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਪਤਨੀ}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|bou}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|mój|f}}, {{t|rgn|mujéṟ|f}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|rromni|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|soție|f}}, {{t+|ro|nevastă|f}}, {{t+|ro|muiere}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|dunna|f}}, {{t|rm|duonna|f}}, {{t|rm|cunsorta|f}}, {{t|rm|duna|f}}, {{t|rm|donna|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жена́|f}}, {{t+|ru|супру́га|f}}, {{t+|ru|жёнка|f}} {{qualifier|colloquial or regional}}
* S'gaw Karen: {{t|ksw|မါ}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|पत्नी|f}}, {{t+|sa|भार्या|f}}, {{t+|sa|दयिता|f}}, {{t+|sa|जाया|f}}, {{t+|sa|वल्लभा|f}}
* Santali: {{t|sat|ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ}}, {{t|sat|ᱮᱨᱚ}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|mugere|f}}, {{t|sc|mullei|f}}, {{t|sc|mulleri|f}}, {{t|sc|mutzere|f}}, {{t|sc|muzere|f}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|guidwife}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bean-chèile|f}}, {{t+|gd|bean-phòsda|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|жѐна|f}}, {{t|sh|су̏пруга|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|žèna|f}}, {{t+|sh|sȕpruga|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|mugghieri|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|බිරිඳ}}, {{t|si|භාර්යාව}}, {{t+|si|පවුල}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|manželka|f}}, {{t+|sk|žena|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žéna|f}}, {{t|sl|soproga|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|žeńska|f}}, {{t|dsb|žona|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t+|hsb|žona|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|кадын}}, {{t|alt|кадыт}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|esposa|f}}, {{t+|es|mujer|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|garwa}}, {{t|su|bojo}}, {{t|su|pamajikan}}
* Svan: {{t|sva|ხეხუ̂}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mke}} (1/2)
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hustru}}, {{t+|sv|maka}}, {{t+|sv|fru}}
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|хпиб}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|esposa}}, {{t|tl|babaeng asawa}}
* Tai Dam: {{t|blt|ꪣꪸ}}
* Tai Nüa: {{t-needed|tdd}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|зан}}, {{t|tg|завҷа}}
* Talysh: {{qualifier|Asalemi}} {{t|tly|ژن|tr=žen}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|மனைவி}}, {{t+|ta|பெண்டாட்டி}}
* Taos: {{t|twf|łȉwéna}}
* Tarantino: {{t|roa-tar|mugghìere|f}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|tamɣart|f}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|хатын}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|asawa}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పెళ్ళాం}}, {{t+|te|భార్య}}, {{t+|te|ఆలి}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|feen}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ภริยา}}, {{t+|th|ภรรยา}}, {{t+|th|เมีย}} {{qualifier|may sound impolite}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྐྱེ་དམན}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሰበይቲ}}, {{t|ti|ብዓልቲ ቤት}}
* Tocharian A: {{t|xto|śäṃ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|śana}}
* Tupinambá: {{t|tpn|emirekó}} (t-)
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|karı}}, {{t+|tr|avrat}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|aýal}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|кадай}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎀𐎘𐎚}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|дружи́на|f}}, {{t+|uk|жі́нка|f}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t|uk|супру́га|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بِیوِی|f}}, {{t|ur|پَتْنی|f}}, {{t|ur|بیگَم|f}}, {{t|ur|اَہْلِیَہ|f}}, {{t|ur|زَوجَہ|f}}, {{t|ur|زَن|f}}, {{t|ur|خاتُونِ خانَہ|f}}, {{t|ur|خانَم|f}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|خوتۇن}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|xotin}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|mojer|f}}, {{t|vec|mojere|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|vợ}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|jimatan}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|feme|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwraig|f}}, {{t+|cy|gwragedd|f-p}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{t|bdr|endo}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|wiif}}, {{t+|fy|frou}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|pojniam}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|jabar ji}}, {{t|wo|iyawo}}
* Yagnobi: {{t|yai|инч|tr=inč}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|ойох}}, {{t|sah|кэргэн}}
* Yámana: {{t|yag|tuku}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|ווײַב|n}} or {{g|f}}, {{t|yi|פֿרוי|f}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|iyawo}}, {{t|yo|aya}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|atan}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|pir}}, {{t|zza|cınék}}, {{t|zza|xatun}}, {{t|zza|khatun}}
* Zealandic: {{t|zea|vrouwe|f}}, {{t|zea|wuuf|n}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|baz}}, {{t|za|yah}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|umka|alt=umka-|c1a|c2a}}, {{t+|zu|inkosikazi|c9|c6}}, {{t|zu|unkosikazi|c1a|c2a}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|tâa qáe}}
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* Western Mashan Hmong: {{t-check|hmw|pojniam}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|uxorial}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|slang|AAVE}} To [[marry]] (a woman).
#* {{quote-song|en|title=Guinnesses|artist=w:MF Doom|feat=Angelika & 4-IZE|album=w:Mm..Food|year=2004|passage=Mentally scarred for life, love is war / And some chicks are just too hard to '''wife'''}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2009
|author=Ashley Antoinette Coleman; JaQuavis Coleman
|title=The Cartel
|volume=1
|isbn=1601621426
|url=https://books.google.be/books?id=6KQwGqMWx3cC&pg=PA106&dq=%22want+to+wife+her%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijl46M15bYAhWS56QKHa4HAV0Q6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22want%20to%20wife%20her%22&f=false
|page=106
|passage=Mecca knew she wasn't lying. She had the type of beauty that made niggas want to '''wife''' her.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2010
|author=Kenya K. Watkins
|title=The Life You Choose
|isbn=1453589872
|url=https://books.google.be/books?id=QngWR9XV6ewC&pg=PA154&dq=%22going+to+wife+her%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLquTogefhAhUEUlAKHVdNDFoQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22going%20to%20wife%20her%22&f=false
|page=154
|passage=I thought that I was going to '''wife''' her, but because of the new news with my brother I couldn't do it.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2016
|author=Gayl Jones
|title=The Healing
|isbn=0807063169
|url=https://books.google.be/books?id=2SlLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT197&dq=%22wifeable%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHstGhlt7hAhUGEVAKHSUgCw0Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22wifeable%22&f=false
|passage=But I told you that you're not a wifeable woman, and I told him so, and he wanted to '''wife''' you anyway.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|wive}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to marry}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|женя се}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|edzinigi}}
* German: {{t+|de|heiraten}}, {{t|de|zur Frau nehmen}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|esposar}}, {{t+|pt|casar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|căsători}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жени́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|пожени́ться|pf}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{pedia}}
* {{lookfrom|en|wife}}

===References===
* {{R:New Geordie Dictionary 1987}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=efiw|fiew}}

{{C|en|Female|Female family members|Marriage|People}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|wyf}}

==Old English==

===Noun===
{{head|ang|noun form|head=wīfe}}

# {{inflection of|ang|wīf||dat|s}}

==Scots==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sco|enm|wyf||woman, wife}}, from {{inh|sco|ang|wīf||woman}}.

===Noun===
{{sco-noun}}

# [[woman]]
# {{l|en|wife}}

====Derived terms====
{{der-top}}
* {{l|sco|auld wife|gloss=old woman; gossip; rotating chimney-cowl}}
* {{l|sco|fishwife|gloss=fishwife, derogatory for a woman of coarse behaviour, temperament and vocabulary}}
* {{l|sco|guidwife|gloss=wife, the mistress of a house, a landlady of an inn}}
* {{l|sco|henwife|gloss=a woman in charge of hens}}
* {{l|sco|housewifeskip|gloss=housewifery}}
* {{l|sco|selkie-wife|gloss=female selkie, mermaid|lit=female seal}}
* {{l|sco|spaewife|gloss=female fortune teller}}
* {{l|sco|washerwife|gloss=washerwoman}}
* {{l|sco|weedae-wife|gloss=widow}}
* {{l|sco|weirdwife|gloss=prophetess, fortune-teller}}
{{der-bottom}}

{{C|sco|Female|People}}