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Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman espus, espuse and Old French espos, espose and by aphasis from Latin spōnsus (“bridegroom”), spōnsa (“bride”), from spondere (“to vow, to pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.
Cognate to espouse, spondee, sponsor.
Pronunciation[edit]
spouse (plural spouses)
- A person's husband or wife.
- People should treat their spouses with respect.
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Translations[edit]
husband or wife
- Armenian: ամուսին (hy) (amusin)
- Bashkir: иптәш (iptäš)
- Basque: ezkonlagun (eu), ezkontide (eu)
- Breton: pried
- Catalan: cònjuge (ca), espòs (ca) m, esposa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 配偶者 (cmn) (pèi'ǒuzhě), 配偶 (cmn) (pèi'ǒu)
- Czech: choť (cs) m, choť (cs) f
- Danish: ægtefælle (da) c
- Dutch: echtgenoot (nl), eega (nl), gade (nl)
- Esperanto: geedzo (eo)
- Estonian: abikaasa (et)
- 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) c
- Hindi: जीवन साथी (hi) (jīvan sāthī)
- Hungarian: házastárs (hu)
- Ido: spozo (io)
- Italian: sposo (it) m, sposa (it) f, coniuge (it) m and f
- Japanese: 配偶者 (ja) (はいぐうしゃ, haigūsha)
- Korean: 배우자 (ko) (bae-uja) (配偶者 (ko))
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- 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
- Malay: pasangan (ms), teman hidup (ms)
- Maori: awhai (mi), makau (mi)
- 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
- Serbo-Croatian:
- 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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