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[edit] Etymology
Old French espous, espouse and Anglo-Norman espus, espuse by aphasis from Latin spōnsus (“bridegroom”), spōnsa (“bride”), from spondere (“to vow, to pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-
Cognate to espouse, spondee, sponsor.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /spaʊs/ sg., /ˈspaʊzɪz/ pl.
- SAMPA: /spaUs/ sg., /ˈspaUzIz/ pl.
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- Rhymes: -aʊs
spouse (plural spouses)
- A person's husband or wife; a husband's wife or wife's husband is his or her spouse, respectively.
- People should treat their spouses with respect.
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[edit] Translations
husband or wife
- Armenian: ամուսին (hy) (amusin)
- Basque: ezkonlagun (eu), ezkontide (eu)
- Bosnian: suprug (bs) m., supruga (bs) f.
- Breton: pried
- Catalan: cònjuge (ca), espòs (ca) m., esposa (pt) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 配偶者 (zh) (pèi'ǒuzhě), 配偶 (zh) (pèi'ǒu)
- Croatian: suprug (hr) m., supruga (hr) f.
- Czech: choť (cs) m., choť (cs) f.
- Danish: ægtefælle (da) c.
- Dutch: eega (nl), gade (nl), echtgenoot (nl)
- Esperanto: geedzo (eo)
- Ewe: srɔ̃
- Finnish: puoliso (fi), aviopuoliso (fi), (informal) siippa (fi)
- French: époux (fr) m., épouse (fr) f.
- German: Gatte (de) m., Gattin (de) f., Ehepartner (de) m., Ehepartnerin (de) f.
- Greek: σύζυγος (el) (sýzygos) m. and f., ταίρι (el) (taíri) n., σύντροφος (el) (sýntrofos) m. and f.
- Hungarian: házastárs (hu)
- Ido: spozo (io)
- Italian: sposo (it) m., sposa (it) f.
- Japanese: 配偶者 (ja) (はいぐうしゃ, haigūsha)
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- Korean: 배우자 (ko) (bae-uja) (配偶者 (ko))
- Latin: coniunx (la) m. and f., maritus (la) m., uxor (la) f.
- Macedonian: сопружник (mk) (sópružnik) m., брачен другар (mk) (bráčen drúgar) m. (generic), сопруг (mk) (sóprug) m. m., сопруга (mk) (sópruga) f. f.
- Norwegian: ektefelle (no) m., ektemake (no) m.
- Persian: همسر (fa) (hamsar)
- Polish: małżonek m., małżonka f.
- Portuguese: cónjuge (pt), esposo (pt) m., esposa (pt) f., cônjuge (pt) m.
- Russian: супруг (ru) (suprúg) m., супруга (ru) (suprúga) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: cèile m. and n., fear-cèile m., bean-chèile f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: супруг m., супруга f.
- Roman: suprug m., supruga f.
- Seri: aal
- Spanish: cónyuge (es) m. and f., esposo (es) m., esposa (es) f., consorte (es) m. and f.
- Swedish: (male) äkta make (sv) c., (female) äkta maka (sv) c.
- Tagalog: asawa
- Turkish: eş (tr), (informal) koca (tr) m., (informal) karı (tr) f.
- Vietnamese: (husband) chồng (vi), (wife) vợ (vi), (colloquial for both, own spouse only) nhà (vi)
- Volapük: (male or female) matan (vo), (male) himatan (vo), (female) jimatan (vo)
- Welsh: priod (cy)
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spouse (third-person singular simple present spouses, present participle spousing, simple past and past participle spoused)
- (dated) to wed, to espouse
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act III, Scene II, verses 212-214
- Do you stand possess’d
- Of any proof against the honourableness
- Of Lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?
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