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Definition of Wife
Wife

A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.

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Wife Quotations

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.
William Blackstone

Take my wife... Please!
Henny Youngman

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
Chanakya

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.
Gertrude Stein

A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
Joey Adams

Wife Translations

wife in Afrikaans is gade, vrou
wife in Danish is kone, hustru
wife in Dutch is echtgenote, eega, gemalin, vrouw
wife in German is Ehefrau, Gattin, Frau
wife in Italian is moglie, femmina, signora
wife in Latin is uxor
wife in Portuguese is mulher, esposa
wife in Spanish is esposa, mujer
wife in Swedish is maka, fru, hustru


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