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- [noun spous, spouz; verb spouz, spous]
- /noun spaʊs, spaʊz; verb spaʊz, spaʊs/
- /spaʊs/
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- [noun spous, spouz; verb spouz, spous]
- /noun spaʊs, spaʊz; verb spaʊz, spaʊs/
Definitions of spouse word
- noun spouse either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife. 1
- verb with object spouse Obsolete. to join, give, or take in marriage. 1
- countable noun spouse Someone's spouse is the person they are married to. 0
- noun spouse a person's partner in marriage 0
- verb spouse to marry 0
- noun spouse a partner in marriage; (one's) husband or wife 0
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Origin of spouse
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; (noun) Middle English < Old French spous (masculine), spouse (feminine) (aphetic for espous, espouse) < Latin spōnsus, spōnsa literally, pledged (man, woman) (noun uses of past participle of spondēre to pledge), equivalent to spond- verb stem + -tus, -ta past participle suffix; (v.) Middle English spousen < Old French esp(o)user; cf. espouse
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Parts of speech for Spouse
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spouse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% 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".
spouse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spouse
noun spouse
- analog — Analog technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage.
- aunt — Someone's aunt is the sister of their mother or father, or the wife of their uncle.
- bedmate — bedfellow (def 1).
- benedict — Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
- better half — one's spouse
adj spouse
- footloose and fancy-free — If you describe someone as footloose and fancy-free, you mean that they are not married or in a similar relationship, and you therefore consider them to have very few responsibilities or commitments.
adjective spouse
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- loner — a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others: He was always a loner—no one knew him well.
- widowed — a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
- wifeless — Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
Antonyms for spouse
noun spouse
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
Top questions with spouse
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