wife's in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wife's in the English»French Dictionary

wife <pl wives> [Brit wʌɪf, Am waɪf] N

1. wife (spouse) (gen):

wife

femme f

wife ADMIN, LAW

épouse f

she was his second wife

c'était sa deuxième femme

he had three children by his first wife

il a eu trois enfants de sa première femme

she will make him a good wife

elle fera une bonne épouse pour lui

many wives would disagree

beaucoup de femmes mariées ne seraient pas d'accord

the baker's/farmer's/butcher's wife

la boulangère/la fermière/la bouchère

to take sb as one's wife form, to take sb to wife archaic

prendre qn pour femme dated

the wife inf hum

la régulière inf, hum

2. wife (woman):

wife archaic

bonne femme f

wife-swapper N

wife-swapper

échangiste m

ex-wife <pl ex-wives> [ˌeksˈwaɪf] N

ex-wife

ex-femme f

trophy wife N inf, pej

trophy wife

jeune femme f faire-valoir

wife batterer N

wife batterer

mari m violent

wife's equity N Am LAW

wife's equity

partie des biens communs qui revient à la femme après un divorce

wife-swapping N

wife-swapping

échange m de partenaires

wife-swapping

échangisme m

wife battering N

wife battering

violence f corporelle contre les femmes

the problem of wife battering

le problème des femmes battues

common-law wife N

common-law wife

concubine f

Translations for wife's in the French»English Dictionary

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amirale

admiral's wife

wife's in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wife's in the English»French Dictionary

wife <wives> [waɪf] N

wife

épouse f

to live together as man and wife

vivre maritalement

ex-wife N

ex-wife

ex-femme f

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his nagging wife

sa mégère de femme

lawful wedded wife form

légitime épouse f

Translations for wife's in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

boulangère

baker's wife

bouchère

butcher's wife

mon ex-femme

my ex-wife

femme légitime

lawful wife

meunier (-ère)

miller's wife f

vivre maritalement

to live as husband and wife

wife's Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I never touched your wife/camera

je n'ai jamais touché à votre femme/votre appareil photo

his nagging wife

sa mégère de femme

all the world and her husband/his wife Brit

tout le monde sans exception

to pronounce sb man and wife

déclarer qn mari et femme

my wife's a vegetarian, while I eat meat

ma femme est végétarienne alors que je mange de la viande

to live together as man and wife

vivre maritalement

lawful wedded wife form

légitime épouse f

to live as husband and wife

vivre maritalement

she looks a little like my wife

elle a un faux air de ma femme