How to Say Wife in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say wife in different languages. This page features translation of the word "wife" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce wife and how to read it.
Saying Wife in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gruaja | |
| Basque | emaztea | |
| Belarusian | жонка [žonka] | |
| Bosnian | supruga | |
| Bulgarian | съпруга [sŭpruga] | |
| Catalan | dona | |
| Corsican | moglia | |
| Croatian | žena | |
| Czech | manželka | |
| Danish | kone | |
| Dutch | vrouw | |
| Estonian | naine | |
| Finnish | vaimo | |
| French | épouse | |
| Frisian | frou | |
| Galician | esposa | |
| German | Gattin | |
| Greek | γυναίκα [gynaíka] | |
| Hungarian | feleség | |
| Icelandic | eiginkonu | |
| Irish | bean chéile | |
| Italian | moglie | |
| Latvian | sieva | |
| Lithuanian | žmona | |
| Luxembourgish | frau | |
| Macedonian | сопруга [sopruga] | |
| Maltese | mara | |
| Norwegian | kone | |
| Polish | żona | |
| Portuguese | esposa | |
| Romanian | soție | |
| Russian | жена [zhena] | |
| Scots Gaelic | bhean | |
| Serbian | жена [žena] | |
| Slovak | manželka | |
| Slovenian | žena | |
| Spanish | esposa | |
| Swedish | fru | |
| Tatar | хатыны | |
| Ukrainian | дружина [druzhyna] | |
| Welsh | gwraig | |
| Yiddish | פרוי [froy] | |
Saying Wife in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | կինը [kiny] | |
| Azerbaijani | arvad | |
| Bengali | স্ত্রী [strī] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 妻子 [qīzi] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 妻子 [qīzi] | |
| Georgian | ცოლი [tsoli] | |
| Gujarati | પત્ની [patnī] | |
| Hindi | पत्नी [patnee] | |
| Hmong | poj niam | |
| Japanese | 妻 | |
| Kannada | ಹೆಂಡತಿ [heṇḍati] | |
| Kazakh | әйелі [äyeli] | |
| Khmer | ប្រពន្ធ | |
| Korean | 부인 [bu-in] | |
| Kyrgyz | аял [ayal] | |
| Lao | ເມຍ [mia] | |
| Malayalam | ഭാര്യ [bhaarya] | |
| Marathi | पत्नी [patnī] | |
| Mongolian | эхнэр [ekhner] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | မယား [mayarr] | |
| Nepali | पत्नी [patnī] | |
| Odia | ପତ୍ନୀ | |
| Pashto | ښځه | |
| Punjabi | ਪਤਨੀ [patanī] | |
| Sindhi | زال | |
| Sinhala | බිරිඳ [birin̆da] | |
| Tajik | зан | |
| Tamil | மனைவி [maṉaivi] | |
| Telugu | భార్య [bhārya] | |
| Thai | ภรรยา | |
| Turkish | eş | |
| Turkmen | aýaly | |
| Urdu | بیوی | |
| Uyghur | ئايالى | |
| Uzbek | xotini | |
| Vietnamese | vợ | |
Saying Wife in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | زوجة [zawja] | |
| Hebrew | אשה | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | jin | |
| Persian | همسر | |
Saying Wife in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vrou | |
| Amharic | ሚስት [mīsiti] | |
| Chichewa | mkazi | |
| Hausa | mata | |
| Igbo | nwunye | |
| Kinyarwanda | umugore | |
| Sesotho | mosadi | |
| Shona | mudzimai | |
| Somali | xaaska | |
| Swahili | mke | |
| Xhosa | umfazi | |
| Yoruba | iyawo | |
| Zulu | unkosikazi | |
Cite this Entry
"Wife in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/wife. Accessed 02 Oct 2023.
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