Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - wife
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Wife
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(wives) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A man’s wife is the woman he is married to. He married his wife Jane 37 years ago... The woman was the wife of a film director. N-COUNT: usu with poss see also old wives’ tale ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural wives) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wif; akin to Old High German wib ~ and probably to Tocharian B kwipe female pudenda Date: before 12th century 1. a. dialect woman b. a woman acting in a specified capacity — used in combination fish~ 2. a female partner in a marriage • ~hood noun • ~less adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. wives) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old or uneducated one. 3 (in comb.) a woman engaged in a specified activity (fishwife; housewife; midwife). Phrases and idioms have (or take) to wife archaic marry (a woman). wife-swapping colloq. exchanging wives for sexual relations. Derivatives wifehood n. wifeless adj. wifelike adj. wifely adj. wifeliness n. wifish adj. Etymology: OE wif woman: ult. orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сокр. от water injection-fume exhaustion нагнетание воды - отсос дыма (при тушении подземного пожара) ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. жена; супруга to take a wife —- жениться to take to wife —- взять в жены faculty wives —- жены профессоров и преподавателей учебного заведения 2. диал. женщина an old wife —- старуха, бабка 3. (-wife) как компонент сложных слов house-wife —- домашняя хозяйка fishwife —- торговка рыбой applewife —- торговка яблоками midwife —- акушерка Id: all the world and his wife —- весь свет, все ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) жена; to take to wife - взять в жены, жениться 2) obs. женщина - old wives tales all the world and his wife joc. - все причисляющие себя к избранному обществу ...Англо-русский словарь
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univ. abbr. Womens Institute For Financial Education univ. abbr. Women's Institute for Financial Education food abbr. Washing Ironing Food And Entertainment funny abbr. Washing Ironing Feeding And Entertainment funny abbr. Wonderful Item For Enjoyment funny abbr. Worries Invited For Ever funny abbr. Washing Ironing F Etc funny abbr. Washing Ironong Food And Entertainment funny abbr. Worries Inherited For Ever funny abbr. Wash Iron Fold And Entertain funny abbr. Wonderful Instrument For Enjoyment funny abbr. Washing Ironing Fun And Entertainment adult abbr. Washes, Irons, Fucks, Etc. adult abbr. Washing Ironing Fucking Ect adult abbr. Washing Ironing Fornicating Etc adult abbr. Washing Ironing Fucking Etc adult abbr. Washing Ironing Fucking Etcetera religion abbr. Worship Instruction Fellowship Evangelism pos. abbr. Washing Ironing Feeding Etc pos. abbr. Washing, Ironing, Feeding, Enjoyment pos. abbr. Washing, Ironing, Feeding, Etc. ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. wif "woman," from P.Gmc. *wiban, of unknown origin. The modern sense of "female spouse" began as a specialized sense in O.E.; the general sense of "woman" is preserved in midwife, old wive's tale, etc. M.E. sense of "mistress of a household" survives in housewife; and that of "tradeswoman of humble rank" in fishwife. Du. wijf now means, in slang, "girl, babe," having softened somewhat from earlier sense of "bitch." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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