The term wife is most commonly applied to a woman in a union sanctioned by law (including religious law), but not to a woman in an informal cohabitation relationship, which may be
a combining form of wife, now unproductive, occurring in words that designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.
A wife (PL: wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce j
The term wife is a fundamental noun in the English language, primarily used to describe a female partner in a legally recognized or socially acknowledged marriage. At its core, the
a combining form of wife, now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; housewife; midwife.