wifehood
UK/ˈwʌɪfhʊd/
wifehood noun: the quality or state of being a wife.
Noun
wifehood (usually uncountable, plural wifehoods)
- The quality or state of being a wife.
- During the week they spent at Windsor all their necessary furniture was sent in; the more ornamental articles it was decided to leave to the choice of the fair mistress, and, as she had no visits to pay or receive, the occupation it gave Louisa saved her from any mortification she might have felt...1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 199
- The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.
- That girdle gave the vertue of chast love, / And wivehood true, to all that did it beare […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
wifehood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wifehood in Hindi
- wifehood, wedded bliss, married happiness
- सुहाग suhāg
wifehood in Tamil
- வாழ்க்கைத் துணை, வாழ்க்கை துணைமை
wifehood in Marathi
- wifehood
- सौभाग्य saubhāgya
wifehood in Urdu
- wifehood
- سہاگ suhāg
More languagesFewer languages
- wifehood in Gujarati
- સોહાગ sohāg
- wifehood in Sanskrit
- जनित्व jánitva
Forms of wifehood
| plural | wifehoods |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wivehood |
Origin of wifehood
From Middle English wifhode, wifhod, wifhede, from Old English wīfhād (“femininity; the female sex”), equivalent to wife + -hood.
Questions about wifehood
- What does wifehood mean?
- Wifehood means the quality or state of being a wife.
- What is wifehood in Hindi?
- Wifehood in Hindi is सुहाग (suhāg). See Wifehood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wifehood?
- Wifehood is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wifehood?
- Wifehood is pronounced /ˈwʌɪfhʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wifehood?
- The plural of wifehood is wifehoods.
Words near wifehood in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wifehood (page history and authors); सुहाग (Hindi) (page history and authors); wifehood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सौभाग्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); سہاگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); સોહાગ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); जनित्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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