spouse

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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspaʊs/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/spaʊs, spaʊz/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n. spous, spouz; v. spouz, spous)

Inflections of 'spouse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

spouses: v 3rd person singular

spousing: v pres p

spoused: v past

spoused: v past p

spouse /spaʊs, spaʊz/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

one's husband or wife.

spouse (n. spous, spouz;v. spouz, spous),USA pronunciation n., v., spoused, spous•ing.
n.

either member of a married pair in relation to the other;
one's husband or wife.

v.t.

[Obs.]to join, give, or take in marriage.

Old French esp(o)user; compare espouse
Latin spōnsus, spōnsa literally, pledged (man, woman) (noun, nominal uses of past participle of spondēre to pledge), equivalent. to spond- verb stem + -tus, -ta past participle suffix; (verb, verbal) Middle English spousen
Old French spous (masculine), spouse (feminine) (aphetic for espous, espouse)
(noun, nominal) Middle English 1150–1200

spouse′hood, n.
spouse′less, adj.

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spouse n /spaʊs; spaʊz/

a person's partner in marriage
Related adjective(s): spousal

vb /spaʊz; spaʊs/

(transitive) obsolete to marry

Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French spus (masculine), spuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus, sponsa betrothed man or woman, from spondēre to promise solemnly

'spouse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

adultery - alimony - better half - condone - consortium - cuckold - desertion - divorce - eligible - espouse - estrange - estranged - faithful - fidelity - give away - grass widow - jointure - maintenance - match - respond - significant other - step- - widow - widower - alienation of affections - batterer - child support - common law - companionate marriage - confidential communication - connivance - consort - cruelty - deceive - dependent - despot - espousal - estovers - ex - extramarital - family - grant - Kaddish - make - marrow - mate - morganatic - Mr. Right - nephew - niece

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Synonyms: partner, husband, other half, better half, wife, more...

Collocations: need your spouse's [signature, permission] (to), need the signature of your spouse (to), the [name, date of birth] of your spouse, more...

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