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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γυνή]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄλοχος]], ἡ [[verse|V.]] [[σύνευνος]], ἡ, [[ἄκοιτις]], ἡ, [[σύλλεκτρος]], ἡ, [[εὖνις]], ἡ, [[δάμαρ]], ἡ, [[συνευνέτις]], ἡ, [[συνάορος]], ἡ, [[συνήορος]], ἡ, [[ξυνάορος]], ἡ, [[ὁμευνέτις]], ἡ, [[σύζυγος]], ἡ, [[εὐνάτειρα]], ἡ,  [[εὐνατήρ]], ἡ,  [[εὐνάτρια]], ἡ,  [[εὐνάτωρ]], ἡ,  [[εὐνήτειρα]], ἡ,  [[εὐνητήρ]], ἡ,  [[εὐνήτρια]], ἡ,  [[εὐνήτωρ]], ἡ, [[ὄαρ]], ἡ, [[γαμετή]], ἡ.

[[take to wife]], '''verb transitive''': [[prose|P.]] [[λαμβάνω]], [[λαμβάνειν]]; see [[marry]].

[[have to wife]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔχειν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 29, [[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 949; [[Euripides]], ''[[Iphigenia in Aulis]]'' 701).

[[old wives' tales]]: [[prose|P.]] [[γραῶν ὕθλος]], ὁ ([[Plato]], ''[[Theaetetus]]'' 176B); see also [[nonsense]].
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|trtx=Abkhaz: аҳәса, аԥҳәыс; Afrikaans: vrou; Ainu: マチ; Akkadian: 𒁮; Albanian: grua; Alviri-Vidari: زینه‎; Ambonese Malay: maitua; Amharic: ሚስት; Arabic: زَوْجَة‎, اِمْرَأَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: زَوْجَة‎, مرات‎; Hijazi Arabic: زُوجَة‎; Armenian: կին; Aromanian: ãnveastã, sutsãlji, nicuchirã; Assamese: ঘৈণী, পত্নী; Asturian: muyer, esposa; Avar: лъади second; Azerbaijani: arvad, zövcə; Bashkir: ҡатын; Basque: emazte; Belarusian: жонка; Bengali: স্ত্রী, পত্নী; Betawi: bini; Breton: gwreg; Bulgarian: жена, съпруга; Burmese: မယား, ဇနီး; Catalan: dona, muller; Chechen: зуда; Chickasaw: imihoo; Chinese Cantonese: 妻子, 老婆, 太太; Dungan: чижын, чи, пәе; Hakka: 餔娘, 太太, 老姐; Mandarin: 妻子, 老婆, 愛人, 爱人, 太太; Min Nan: 某, 某囝, 家後, 牽手, 牽的, 太太, 查某人; Teochew: 某, 老婆; Chukchi: ӈэвъэн; Coptic Bohairic: ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ; Sahidic: ϩⲓⲙⲉ; Cornish: gwreg; Crimean Tatar: apaqay, apay; Czech: manželka, žena, choť; Dalmatian: mojer, molier, mulir; Danish: hustru, kone, frue; Dutch: [[vrouw]], [[echtgenote]]; Eastern Cham: ꨨꨕꨳꨪꩇ; Erzya: ни; Esperanto: edzino; Estonian: naine; Faliscan: uxo; Faroese: kona, vív; Finnish: vaimo, aviovaimo; French: [[femme]], [[épouse]]; Friulian: femine, muîr, cristiane; Galician: esposa, muller, dona; Georgian: ცოლი; German: [[Ehefrau]], [[Frau]], [[Eheweib]], [[Weib]], [[Gemahlin]], [[Gattin]]; Gothic: 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃; Greek: [[σύζυγος]], [[γυναίκα]], [[συμβία]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἄκοιτις]], [[ἄλοχος]], [[ἀποσκευή]], [[γαμετή]], [[γαμέτις]], [[γαμήλευμα]], [[γάμος]], [[γύναιον]], [[γυνή]], [[δάμαρ]], [[δέσποινα]], [[δόμορτις]], [[ἐγγυητή]], [[ἑδνῆστις]], [[εὐνά]], [[εὐνάτειρα]], [[εὐνατήρ]], [[εὐνάτρια]], [[εὐνάτωρ]], [[εὐνή]], [[εὐνήτειρα]], [[εὐνητήρ]], [[εὐνήτρια]], [[εὐνήτωρ]], [[εὖνις]], [[νύμφευμα]], [[ξυνάορος]], [[ὄαρ]], [[ὁμευνέτις]], [[ὅμευνος]], [[ὁμόκοιτις]], [[παράκοιτις]], [[πλᾶτις]], [[σύζυγος]], [[σύζυξ]], [[σύλλεκτρος]], [[συμβία]], [[συνάορος]], [[συνευνέτις]], [[σύνευνος]], [[συνήορος]]; Greenlandic: nuliaq; Guaraní: embireko; Gujarati: પત્ની; Hausa: matar aure; Hawaiian: wahine; Hebrew: אִשָּׁה‎, בַּת זוּג‎; Hindi: पत्नी, बीवी, गृहणी, भार्या, वल्लभा, वधू, स्त्री, गृहिणी, जाया, जनि, जन, जौजा, जोरू, घरवाली; Hungarian: asszony, feleség; Icelandic: eiginkona, kona; Ido: spozino; Indonesian: istri; Ingush: цӏен-нана; Interlingua: sponsa, sposa, uxor; Irish: bean, bean chéile; Old Irish: ben, séitig; Istriot: muier; Italian: [[sposa]], [[moglie]]; Japanese: 妻, 家内, ワイフ, 奥さん, 奥様, 夫人, ご夫人; Javanese: rabi, bojo wadon, garwa putri; Kamba: kiveti; Kannada: ಪತ್ನಿ; Karachay-Balkar: юй бийче, юйдеги, къатын; Kazakh: әйел, жар, қатын; Khmer: ប្រពន្ធ, ភរិយា, ឃរណី; Kikuyu: mutumia; Korean: 아내, 집사람, 마누라, 와이프, 부인; Krio: wef; Kurdish Central Kurdish: ژن‎, خێزان‎; Northern Kurdish: jin, kebanî, xanim; Kyrgyz: аял, катын; Ladin: femena; Lao: ເມຍ, ພັນລະຍາ; Latgalian: sīva; Latin: [[uxor]], [[nupta]], [[femina]], [[mulier]], [[marita]], [[coniunx]]; Latvian: sieva, dzīvesbiedre, dzīvesbiedrene; Lithuanian: pati, žmona; Lolopo: maerssor; Low German: Ehfro, Fro, Ehfru, Fru; Luganda: mukyala wange; Luhya: omkhasi; Lycian: 𐊍𐊀𐊅𐊀; Macedonian: жена, сопруга; Malagasy: andefimandry, tokantrano; Malay: isteri, bini; Malayalam: ഭാര്യ, ഭാര്യ, പത്നി; Maltese: mara; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ; Manx: ben-phoost; Maori: hoa wahine, wahine, hoa rangatira; Marathi: नवरी; Megleno-Romanian: niveastă; Mongolian: гэргий, эхнэр; Mwani: muka; Navajo: hweʼesdzáán; Neapolitan: mugliera; Nepali: पत्नी; Norman: faume, bouônnefemme; Northern Ohlone: háw̄a; Norwegian Bokmål: hustru, kone, frue or; Nynorsk: hustru, kone, frue; Occitan: femna; Ojibwe: niwiidigemaagan; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: жена; Glagolitic: ⰶⰵⱀⰰ; Old East Slavic: жена; Old English: wīf, mæġþ, cwēn; Old French: fame, fam; Oriya: ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ; Ossetian: бинойнаг, ус; Pa'o Karen: မာ; Pashto: ښځه‎, زوجه‎, ورتينه‎; Persian: زن‎, زوجه‎; Plautdietsch: Wief; Polish: żona, małżonka; Portuguese: [[esposa]], [[mulher]]; Punjabi: ਪਤਨੀ; Romani: romnyi; Romanian: soție, nevastă, muiere; Romansch: dunna, duonna, cunsorta, duna, donna; Russian: [[жена]], [[супруга]]; Rusyn: жона, жена, манжелка; S'gaw Karen: မါ; Sanskrit: पत्नी, भार्या, दयिता, जाया, वल्लभा; Santali: ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ, ᱮᱨᱚ; Sardinian: mugere, mullei, mulleri, mutzere, muzere; Scots: guidwife; Scottish Gaelic: bean-chèile, bean-phòsda; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: жѐна, су̏пруга; Roman: žèna, sȕpruga; Sichuan Yi: ꀋꃀꀉꑳ; Sicilian: mugghieri; Sinhalese: බිරිඳ, භාර්යාව, පවුල; Slovak: manželka, žena; Slovene: žéna, soproga; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: žeńska, žona; Upper Sorbian: žona; Spanish: [[esposa]], [[mujer]]; Sundanese: garwa, bojo, pamajikan; Swahili: mke; Swedish: hustru, maka, fru; Tagalog: esposa, babaeng asawa; Tajik: зан, завҷа; Talysh: ژن‎; Tamil: மனைவி, பெண்டாட்டி; Taos: łȉwéna; Tatar: хатын; Telugu: పెళ్ళాం, భార్య, ఆలి; Thai: ภริยา, ภรรยา, เมีย; Tibetan: སྐྱེ་དམན; Tigrinya: ሰበይቲ, ብዓልቲ ቤት; Tocharian A: śäṃ; Tocharian B: śana; Tupinambá: emirekó; Turkish: karı, avrat; Turkmen: aýal; Tuvan: кадай; Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎘𐎚; Ukrainian: дружина, жі́нка, супруга; Urdu: بیوی‎, پتنی‎; Uyghur: خوتۇن‎; Uzbek: xotin; Venetian: mojer, mojere; Vietnamese: vợ; Volapük: jimatan; Walloon: feme; Welsh: gwraig, gwragedd; West Frisian: wiif, frou; White Hmong: pojniam; Wolof: jabar ji, iyawo; Yakut: ойох, кэргэн; Yiddish: ווײַב‎, פֿרוי‎; Yoruba: iyawo; Yucatec Maya: atan; Yámana: tuku; Zazaki: pir, cınék, xatun, khatun; Zealandic: vrouwe, wuuf; Zhuang: baz; Zulu: umka-, inkosikazi, unkosikazi; ǃXóõ: tâa qáe
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