wives
WYVZ/waɪvz/
- 1Plural of wife. Use this form when talking about more than one wife.
The two wives sat together at the long wooden table.
Many wives in the village worked alongside their husbands on the farm.
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Less common meaning
- 2Genitive of wife. This old form shows that something belongs to a wife.
He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any.
1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur OufleHere, Wives means wife's, showing something belongs to his wife.
wives is a form of wife
wife, noun: The woman someone is married to, or any woman who is married. Full entry
- Forms
- wifewives plural
- Spelling
- wife → wives: change fe to v, add -es
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