Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wives

/waɪvz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: wives
IPA: /waɪvz/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

genitive of wife

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]"
"[…] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]"
"He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any."

Usage

Obsolete

Derived Forms

wivesless

Rhymes With

drives arrives knives survives derives dives ives hives strives fives thrives revives

Questions

How do you pronounce wives?: The recorded pronunciation is /waɪvz/.
What does wives mean?: plural of wife

How to pronounce wives

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