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1 ( spouse) gen femme f ; Admin, Jur 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 sout, to take sb to wife‡ prendre qn pour femme† ; the wife ○ hum la régulière ○ hum ;2 ‡( woman) bonne femme f. -
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∎ archaic to take a wife prendre femme;∎ formal do you take this woman to be your lawful, wedded wife? prenez-vous cette femme pour épouse légitime?;∎ archaic to take sb to wife prendre qn pour femme;∎ she's his second wife elle est sa deuxième femme, il l'a épousée en secondes noces;∎ she's been a good wife to him elle a été une bonne épouse pour lui;∎ the farmer's wife la fermière; -
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4 wife battering
wife battering n violence f corporelle contre les femmes ; the problem of wife battering le problème des femmes battues. -
5 wife-swapping
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6 wife batterer
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7 wife's equity
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8 wife-swapper
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10 wife
plural - wives; noun(the woman to whom one is married: Come and meet my wife; He is looking for a wife.) femme- wife-battering -
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15 husband-and-wife
∎ husband-and-wife business entreprise f appartenant à deux époux ou à un couple marié;∎ husband-and-wife team équipe f formée par deux épouxUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > husband-and-wife
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