Plural of wife
irregular plural
The plural of wife is wives.
Forms of wife
| Singular | wife /wæf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wives /waɪvz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Wives in a sentence
- Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives.2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5...
- I stepped out and advanced valiantly upon a long-maned bull in the midst of his wives.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
- Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines.From the entry legitimate
- The meme just highlights the natural beauty of women in their full role as wives and mothers.2024 November 19, @stronkdaddy, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2024. From the entry wifejak
- The H-2As were men from rural Mexico who were accustomed to mothers and wives performing household chores.2024 October 8, “Harris, Trump, and H-2As”, in Rural Migration News. From the entry H-2A
Meaning of wife
- noun A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
- noun The female of a pair of mated animals.
- noun Synonym of woman.
Nouns ending in -fe: plural -ves
Questions about the plural of wife
- What is the plural of wife?
- The plural of wife is wives.
- Is wife countable?
- Wife is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wife (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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