alewife
English
/ˈeɪlwʌɪf/, /ˈeɪlˌwaɪf/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Etymology
Compound from English ale + English wife (now-obsolete meaning m).
Origin
English
wife
Gloss
now-obsolete meaning m
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ale English
- ale-blown English
- ale-taster English
- ale-washed English
- alebench English
- alecy English
- alehouse English
- alekeep English
- alekeeper English
- alelike English
- alemonger English
- alepole English
- aleshop English
- alestake English
- aletaster English
- aley English
- alish English
- archwife English
- bidale English
- bridal English
- co-wife English
- cockale English
- cyberwife English
- ex-wife English
- farmwife English
- fishwife English
- goodwife English
- henwife English
- hotwife English
- housewife English
- hussif English
- hussy English
- huswife English
- merwife English
- nonwife English
- potale English
- scotale English
- side-wife English
- soul-ale English
- stepwife English
- superwife English
- wife English
- wife-in-law English
- wifeable English
- wifebeater English
- wifebeating English
- wifedom English
- wifehood English
- wifekin English
- wifeless English
- wifelet English
- wifelike English
- wifeling English
- wifelkin English
- wifely English
- wifeswapping English
- wifeward English
- wifework English
- wifey English
- wifie English
- wifish English
- wively English
- women English
- ale Dutch, Flemish
- ale French
- эль Russian
- ワイフ Japanese
- ale Middle English
- wif Middle English
- ель Ukrainian
- 와이프 Korean
- ale
- wife
- aley
- wifey
- alish
- hussy
- wifie
- women
- alecy
- potale
- hussif
- wifely
- wively
- wifish
- bidale
- bridal
- wifedom
- huswife
- aleshop
- wifekin
- alekeep
- hotwife
- ex-wife
- alelike
- merwife
- wifelet
- scotale
- alepole
- henwife
- nonwife
- cockale
- co-wife
- archwife
- alebench
- wifeable
- wifework
- wifelike
- alestake
- fishwife
- wifeless
- goodwife
- wifeward
- farmwife
- soul-ale
- wifehood
- stepwife
- wifeling
- wifelkin
- alehouse
- alemonger
- alekeeper
- aletaster
- ale-blown
- superwife
- cyberwife
- side-wife
- housewife
- ale-washed
- ale-taster
- wifebeater
- wifebeating
- wife-in-law
- wifeswapping