spousal

spous·al

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [spou-zuh l]
- /ˈspaʊ zəl/
- /ˈspaʊ.zəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spou-zuh l]
- /ˈspaʊ zəl/

Definitions of spousal word

noun spousal Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials. 1
adjective spousal nuptial; matrimonial. 1
adjective spousal Spousal rights and duties are ones which you gain if you are married. 0
noun spousal the marriage ceremony 0
noun spousal a wedding 0
adjective spousal of or relating to marriage 0

See all 9 definitions of spousal

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Origin of spousal

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English spousaille, aphetic variant of espousaille espousal

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Spousal

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spousal

spousal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for spousal

noun spousal

banns — When a minister or priest reads or publishes the banns, he or she makes a public announcement in church that two people are going to be married.
consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.

adj spousal

bridal — Bridal is used to describe something that belongs or relates to a bride, or to both a bride and her bridegroom.
conjugal — Conjugal means relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship , especially their sexual relationship.
connubial — of or relating to marriage; conjugal
hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
marital — Of or relating to marriage or the relations between husband and wife.

adjective spousal

epithalamic — Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
nubile — (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.

All 19 Synonyms of spousal