"ex-wife" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ex-wife.wav Forms: ex-wives [plural]
Etymology: From ex- + wife. Etymology templates: {{af|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)

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      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mājī-bhārya",
      "sense": "a former wife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "మాజీ-భార్య"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a former wife",
      "word": "eski karı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ex-wife"
}

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