wives
wives — noun
1. the form of the noun 'wife' used when speaking about more than one married woman
the form of the noun 'wife' used when speaking about more than one married woman — for example, when a group of men talk about their partners, or when people refer to women married to members of a group such as diplomats or soldiers.
Liang and his friends took their wives out for dinner to celebrate the holiday.
plural form: their wives (more than one)
At the company picnic, the wives of the senior managers sat together and chatted.
Sirin and Renata exchanged advice about life as military wives during the deployment.
military wives — common collocation for spouses of soldiers
The two former chiefs of staff brought their wives to the reunion dinner.
- ex-wives
- military wives
- wives and children
- husbands and wives
- husbands
the male equivalent plural form
Usage Note
Wives is the irregular plural form of 'wife' (the -f ending changes to -ves). Chinese does not inflect nouns for number, so 妻子 remains the same for both singular and plural; context or modifiers (such as 們) signal plurality.