take a wife

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Verb

take a wife (third-person singular simple present takes a wife, present participle taking a wife, simple past took a wife, past participle taken a wife)

1. (idiomatic, dated, of a man) To marry a woman.

Translations

(of a man) to marry a woman

• Belarusian: жані́цца impf (žanícca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 娶親／娶亲 (zh) (qǔqīn), 娶 (zh) (qǔ)

• Finnish: ottaa vaimo
• French: prendre femme (fr)
• Hungarian: megnősül (hu)
• Italian: prendere moglie
• Polish: żenić się impf, ożenić się pf, pojmować za żonę impf, pojąć za żonę pf
• Russian: жени́ться (ru) impf or pf (ženítʹsja), брать в жёны impf (bratʹ v žóny), взять в жёны pf (vzjatʹ v žóny)
• Spanish: tomar mujer
• Ukrainian: жени́тися impf or pf (ženýtysja)