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spouse
(spous, spouz)n.
A marriage partner; a husband or wife.
tr.v. (spouz, spous) spoused, spous·ing, spous·es Archaic
To marry; wed.
[Middle English, from Old French spous, from Latin spōnsus, from past participle of spondēre, to pledge; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]
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spouse
n
a person's partner in marriage.
vb
(tr) obsolete to marry
[C12: from Old French spus (masculine), spuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus, sponsa betrothed man or woman, from spondēre to promise solemnly]
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spouse
(spaʊs, spaʊz)n., v. spoused, spous•ing. n.
1. one's husband or wife.
v.t. 2. Archaic. to wed.
[1150–1200; < Old French spous (masculine), spouse (feminine) < Latin spōnsus, spōnsa literally, pledged (man, woman), n. uses of past participle of spondēre to pledge]
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spouse
Past participle: spoused
Gerund: spousing
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| Noun | 1. |  spouse - a person's partner in marriage man and wife, married couple, marriage - two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" bigamist - someone who marries one person while already legally married to another consort - the husband or wife of a reigning monarch domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent - a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" monogamist, monogynist - someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) honeymooner, newlywed - someone recently married polygamist - someone who is married to two or more people at the same time married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage |
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spouse
noun partner, mate, husband or wife, companion, consort, significant other (U.S. informal), better half (humorous), her indoors (Brit. slang), helpmate, bidie-in (Scot.), squeeze (informal) living with someone other than a spouse
Related words
adjective spousal
adjective spousal
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spouse
nounA husband or wife:
Informal: better half.
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Translations
زَوْجزَوْج أو زَوْجَه
cònjugeespòs
choť-kamanžel
ægtefælle
puolisosiippaaviopuoliso
suprugsuprugasupružnik
maki
配偶者
배우자
coniunxmaritusuxor
sutuoktinis
dzīvesbiedrs
maka/make
สามีหรือภรรยา
chồng
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spouse
[spaʊs] n (frm) → sposo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spouse
(spaus) noun a husband or wife.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
spouse
→ زَوْج choť ægtefælle Gatte σύζυγος cónyuge puoliso époux supružnik consorte 配偶者 배우자 echtgenoot ektefelle małżonek cônjuge супруг maka/make สามีหรือภรรยา eş chồng 配偶Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
spouse
n. esposo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
spouse
n esposo -sa mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.