verb
Meaning 1
To marry (a woman).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bewife, take to wife, wife
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/waɪv/
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rhymes with -aɪv
verb
Meaning 2
To provide (someone) with a wife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bewife
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
verb
Meaning 4
marry a woman, take a wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
verb
Meaning 5
take (someone) as a wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
History
Etymology
From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: marr — to marry (a woman)
- Bulgarian: женя се (ženja se) — to marry (a woman)
- Esperanto: edzinigi — to marry (a woman)
- German: heiraten — to marry (a woman)
- German: zur Frau nehmen — to marry (a woman)
- Portuguese: esposar — to marry (a woman)
- Portuguese: casar — to marry (a woman)
- Romanian: căsători — to marry (a woman)
- Russian: жени́ться (ženítʹsja) — to marry (a woman)
- Russian: пожени́ться (poženítʹsja) — to marry (a woman)
- Tamil: மணக்க (maṇakka) — to marry (a woman)