"ex-wife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ex-wives [plural]
Etymology: ex- + wife Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ex|wife}} ex- + wife Head templates: {{en-noun|ex-wives}} ex-wife (plural ex-wives)
  1. A former wife (from a previous marriage after a divorce). Categories (topical): Female family members Synonyms: exwife Translations (a former wife): 前妻 (qiánqī) (Chinese Mandarin), exmanželka [feminine] (Czech), ekskone [common-gender] (Danish), eksedzino (Esperanto), entinen vaimo (Finnish), ex-femme [feminine] (French), ყოფილი ცოლი (q̇opili coli) (Georgian), Ex-Frau [feminine] (German), Exfrau [feminine] (German), exfeleség (Hungarian), 前妻 (zensai) (alt: ぜんさい) (Japanese), 元妻 (mototsuma) (alt: もとつま) (Japanese), 전처 (jeoncheo) (Korean), ekskone [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ekskone [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ex-mulher [feminine] (Portuguese), ex-esposa [feminine] (Portuguese), fostă soție [feminine] (Romanian), бы́вшая жена́ (bývšaja žená) [feminine] (Russian), exesposa [feminine] (Spanish), exmujer [feminine] (Spanish), exfru [common-gender] (Swedish), మాజీ-భార్య (mājī-bhārya) [feminine] (Telugu), eski karı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ex-wife-en-noun-KH~ABYos Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with ex-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Telugu terms with redundant script codes Related terms: ex-husband, ex-fiancé, ex-fiancée, ex-father-in-law, ex-mother-in-law, ex-sister-in-law, ex-brother-in-law, ex-daughter-in-law, ex-son-in-law, ex-grandfather-in-law, ex-grandmother-in-law, ex-granddaughter-in-law, ex-grandson-in-law

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