Meaning

2 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To marry (a woman).

    heiraten, zur Frau nehmen

    жени́тьсяženítʹsja, пожени́тьсяpoženítʹsja

    marry a woman, take a wife

  2. (transitive)To provide (someone) with a wife.

    provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife

Examples

133 sentences
  1. Tom outlived three wives.

    Том пережив трьох дружин. — deniko

    ruТом пережил трёх жён. — marafon

  2. Tom has three ex-wives.

    У Тома три колишні дружини. — deniko

    ruУ Тома три бывшие жены. — odexed

    deTom hat drei Exfrauen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. That's an old wives' tale.

    Це все бабусині казки. — deniko

    ruЭто бабушкины сказки. — sharptoothed

    deDas ist Altweibergeschwätz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I have three ex-wives.

    У мене три колишні дружини. — deniko

    ruУ меня три бывших жены. — nina99nv

    deIch habe drei Ex-Frauen. — Luiaard

  5. We really miss our wives.

    Нам дуже бракує наших дружин. — deniko

    ruМы очень скучаем по своим женам. — carlosalberto

    deWir vermissen unsere Frauen sehr. — carlosalberto

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to marry (a woman):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to marry (a woman):

Origin

From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a

From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).

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Forms

wives, wiving, wived, wived
Base formwive · to wive
3rd person singularwives
Present participlewiving
Past simplewived
Past participlewived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywive
he, she, itwives

Past simpleLesson

all personswived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wived
he, she, ithas wived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wive

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunwive

Collocations

5 patterns
  • ex wives
  • ex wives live
  • with their wives
  • wives live in
  • wives live

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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