wife: Meaning and Definition of

wife

1. a woman joined in marriage to a man; a woman considered in relation to her husband; spouse.
2. a woman or except in idioms): old wives' tale.
3. to marry (a particular woman): He took an heiress to wife.

1. wive.

-wife

1. a combining form ofnow unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.