Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking a wife

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing a wife
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take a wife

Questions

What does taking a wife mean?
present participle and gerund of take a wife

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