English-Thai Dictionary

wife

N ภรรยา  เมีย  ภริยา  ชายา  มเหสี  pan-ra-ya

 

wifehood

N การ เป็น ภรรยา  การ เป็น เมีย  kan-pen-pan-ra-ya

 

wifelike

A ที่ มี ลักษณะ เป็น ภรรยา หรือ แม่บ้าน 

 

wifeliness

N การ เป็น ภรรยา  การ เป็น เมีย  kan-pen-pan-ra-ya

 

wifely

ADJ ซึ่ง มี คุณ สมบัติ เหมาะสม ที่จะ เป็น ภรรยา (เช่น พฤติกรรม  หรือ ทัศนคติ  sueng-me-kuan-na-som-bud-mor-som-ti-ja-pen-pan-ra-ya

 

wifey

N เมีย  ภรรยา  wife mia

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WIFE

n.plu. Wives. [G., a woman. ] 1. The lawful consort of man; a woman who is united to man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; the correlative of husband.
The husband of one wife. 1 Timothy 3:2, 12.
Let every one of you in particular, so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:33.
2. A woman of low employment; as strawberry wives. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WIFE

Wife, n.; pl; Wives. Etym: [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. wib, Icel. vif, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [" Germania " 8 ]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Cf. Hussy a jade, Woman. ]

 

1. A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like. " Both men and wives. " Piers Plowman. On the green he saw sitting a wife. Chaucer.

 

2. 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. " The husband of one wife. " 1 Tin. iii. 2. Let every one you. .. so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph. v. 33. To give to wife, To take to wife, to give or take (a woman ) in marriage. -- Wife's equity (Law ), the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. Burrill.

 

WIFEHOOD

Wife "hood, n. Etym: [AS. wifhad.]

 

1. Womanhood. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.

 

WIFELESS

WIFELESS Wife "less, a.

 

Defn: Without a wife; unmarried. Chaucer.

 

WIFELIKE

WIFELIKE Wife "like `, a.

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman. " Wifelike government. " Shak.

 

WIFELY

Wife "ly, a. Etym: [AS. wiflic.]

 

Defn: Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. "Wifely patience. " Chaucer. With all the tenderness of wifely love. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wife

wife |wīf waɪf | ▶noun ( pl. wives |wīvz | ) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. • [ with modifier ] the wife of a man with a specified occupation: a faculty wife. • archaic or dialect a woman, esp. an old or uneducated one. PHRASES take a woman to wife archaic marry a woman. DERIVATIVES wife hood |-ˌho͝od |noun, wife less adjective, wife like |-ˌlīk |adjective, wife li ness |ˈwīflēnis |noun, wife ly adjective ORIGIN Old English wīf ‘woman, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib .

 

wife-beater

wife-beat er |ˈwīf ˌbētər ˈwaɪf bitər | ▶noun informal a sleeveless undershirt. ORIGIN apparently from the association of such a garment with men who commit domestic violence.

 

wife-swapping

wife-swap ping |ˈwaɪf ˌswɑpɪŋ | ▶noun informal the practice within a group of married couples of exchanging sexual partners on a casual basis.

 

wifey

wif ey |ˈwīfē ˈwaɪfi | ▶noun ( pl. wifeys ) informal a condescending way of referring to a man's wife.

 

Oxford Dictionary

wife

wife |wʌɪf | ▶noun ( pl. wives |wʌɪvz | ) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. • archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one. PHRASES take a woman to wife archaic marry a woman. DERIVATIVES wifehood noun, wifeless adjective, wife-like adjective, wifeliness noun, wifely adjective ORIGIN Old English wīf ‘woman ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib .

 

wife-beater

wife-beater ▶noun US informal a man's sleeveless vest or T-shirt. ORIGIN apparently from the association of such a garment with men who commit domestic violence.

 

wife-swapping

wife-swapping ▶noun [ mass noun ] informal the practice within a group of married couples of exchanging sexual partners on a casual basis.

 

wifey

wifey |ˈwʌɪfi | ▶noun ( pl. wifeys ) informal a condescending way of referring to a man's wife.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

wife

wife noun after seventeen years, he was still madly in love with his wife: spouse, partner, life partner, mate, consort, woman, helpmate, helpmeet, bride; informal old lady, wifey, better half, other half, missus, ball and chain, significant other. WORD LINKS uxorial relating to a wife uxorious very fond of one's wife Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

wife

wife noun spouse, partner, mate, consort, woman, bride; informal old lady, wifey, one's better half, the missus, the little woman, WAGs (wives and girlfriends ); Brit. informal one's other half, her indoors, (old ) dutch; Brit. rhyming slang trouble and strife; dated lady, memsahib; archaic helpmate, helpmeet. WORD LINKS wife uxorial relating to a wife uxoricide killing of one's wife Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wife

wife /waɪf /〖語源は 「女 (woman )」〗名詞 複 wives /waɪvz /C 1 妻 , 夫人, 奥さん (｟男女共用 ｠spouse )(→husband ); 既婚女性 ▸ How did you meet your wife ?奥様とはどうやって知り合ったのですか ▸ Mr. Cook and his wife of 20 years クック氏と20年連れ添った妻 ▸ a young husband and wife 1組の若夫婦 (!ここでは無冠詞; →and 1 語法 (3 )) ▸ one's future [former, ex- ] wife 未来の妻 [前妻 ]2 ｟古 ｠女 (!今日ではhousewife, old wives' taleなど複合語の構成要素としてのみ用いられる ) .(à ll ) the w ò rld and his w í fe →world .t à ke A to w í fe ｟古 ｠A 〈女性 〉を妻にめとる .～́ sw à pping 夫婦交換, スワッピング .w í fe less 形容詞 妻のない, 〈男性が 〉独身の .

 

wifely

w í fe ly w í fe l ì ke 形容詞 ｟やや古 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗妻 (として )の, 良妻にふさわしい .