wife
Significado (English)
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- A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
- The female of a pair of mated animals.
- Synonym of woman.
Conceptos
Synonyms
married woman
your wife
senior wife
junior wife
his wife
married lady
brother’s wife
fille
young woman
damoiselle
female spouse
lady of the house
Madam
scolding woman
woman of the house
mistress of the house
grown woman
damosel
kind of fish
house-wife
female partner
man’s first wife
ahalyā
female companion
furnish with a wife
wretch of a woman
wretched woman
ux.
uxor
fere
damozel
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/waɪf/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English wyf, wif, from Old English wīf (“woman, wife”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą (“woman, wife”). Germanic cognates include Scots wife (“wife”), West Frisian wiif (“wife, woman”), Saterland Frisian Wieuw (“woman, lady, female”), North Frisian wüf (“wife, woman”), Dutch wijf (“woman, female”), Low German Wief (“woman, female”), German Weib (“woman, wife, female”), Danish viv (“wife, woman”), Norwegian viv (“wife, woman, girl”), Swedish viv (“woman”), Faroese vív (“wife, woman”), Icelandic víf (“woman”). The further etymology is unknown, with a number of disputed suggestions. One suggestion connects Tocharian A/B kip/kwīpe (“genitals, female pudenda”), for a hypothetical Indo-European *gʰwíbʰ- (“pudenda”). Another suggestion connects Old English wǣfan (“wrap, clothe”), Old Norse vífa (“wrap, veil”) for a suggested original motive of "married woman wearing a scarf". Yet another suggestion connects Old High German weibon (“move to and fro”), Old Norse veifa (“swing, throw”), for a motive of "one who is moving busily; housekeeper, maidservant" (cf. German Weibel (“manservant, usher”)).
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