ex-wife
元妻
解説 Definition
離婚した男性または女性から見た、以前の妻のこと。現在は婚姻関係にないことを明示する語。
A woman to whom someone was previously married before they divorced. The term makes clear that the marriage has ended.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ex- は ex-president「元大統領」や ex-boyfriend「元彼氏」と同じく、以前の立場や関係を表します。wife に付ければ「以前は妻だった人」です。my ex-wife「私の元妻」、his ex-wife「彼の元妻」の形が基本で、late wife「亡くなった妻」とは異なり、ex-wife は離婚によって婚姻関係が終わった相手を指すと覚えましょう。
Ex- marks a former role or relationship, as in ex-president or ex-boyfriend. Attach it to wife to remember a woman whose marriage to the person being discussed ended in divorce. Keep this separate from late wife, which means a wife who has died.
例文
He has a friendly relationship with his ex-wife.
彼は元妻と良好な関係を保っている。
My ex-wife lives in another city now.
私の元妻は今、別の都市に住んでいる。
She met her husband's ex-wife at the school event.
彼女は学校行事で夫の元妻に会った。
ex-wife の類義語・関連語
派生語
ex-wife の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ex-「以前の、元の」と wife「妻」をハイフンで結んだ複合語です。ex- はラテン語 ex「外へ、～から」に由来し、英語では元の地位や関係を表す接頭辞として使われます。
This hyphenated compound joins ex-, meaning "former," with wife. The prefix comes from Latin ex, meaning "out of" or "from," and is used in English for previous positions or relationships.
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