noun
Meaning 1
A former wife (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ex-wife
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- all his exes live in Texas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ex
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woman, adult female
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Middle English wyf English wife English ex-wife From ex- + wife.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 前妻 (qiánqī) — a former wife
- Czech: exmanželka — a former wife
- Danish: ekskone — a former wife
- Esperanto: eksedzino — a former wife
- Finnish: entinen vaimo — a former wife
- French: ex-femme — a former wife
- Georgian: ყოფილი ცოლი (q̇opili coli) — a former wife
- German: Ex-Frau — a former wife
- German: Exfrau — a former wife
- Hindi: पूर्वपत्नी (pūrvapatnī) — a former wife
- Hungarian: exfeleség — a former wife
- Japanese: 前妻 (zensai) — a former wife
- Japanese: 元妻 (mototsuma) — a former wife
- Korean: 전처 (jeoncheo) — a former wife
- Northern Kurdish: jina berê — a former wife
- Norwegian Bokmål: ekskone — a former wife
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ekskone — a former wife
- Portuguese: ex-mulher — a former wife
- Portuguese: ex-esposa — a former wife
- Romanian: fostă soție — a former wife
- Russian: бы́вшая жена́ (bývšaja žená) — a former wife
- Spanish: exesposa — a former wife
- Spanish: exmujer — a former wife
- Swedish: exfru — a former wife
- Telugu: మాజీ-భార్య (mājī-bhārya) — a former wife
- Turkish: eski karı — a former wife
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