Spouse

Etymology
espous:, espouse: and espus:, espuse: by aphasis from  sponsus:, sponsa:, from spondere:, from

Cognate to espouse:, spondee:, sponsor:.

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /spaʊs/, /ˈspaʊzɪz/
 * SAMPA: /spaUs/, /ˈspaUzIz/

Noun

 * 1) A person's husband or wife; a husband's wife or wife's husband is his or her spouse, respectively.

Derived terms

 * spousal adjective

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Basque: ezkonlagun, ezkontide
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Breton: pried
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 配偶者, 配偶
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: geedzo
 * Ewe: srɔ̃
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ταίρι,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 配偶者


 * Korean: 배우자 (配偶者)
 * Latin:, ,
 * Macedonian:, брачен другар (generic),   ,
 * Norwegian: ektefelle, ektemake
 * Persian: همسر
 * Polish: małżonek, małżonka
 * Portuguese: cónjuge,, , cônjuge
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cèile, fear-cèile , bean-chèile
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: супруг, супруга
 * Roman: suprug, supruga
 * Seri: aal
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Tagalog: asawa
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: chồng,  vợ,  nhà
 * Volapük: matan,  himatan,  jimatan
 * Welsh: priod

Verb

 * 1)  to wed, to espouse
 * 2) * 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?

Anagrams

 * opuses

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