spouse
//spaʊ̯s//
Forms
- Plural
- spouses
Definitions
1.A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
- People should treat their spouses with respect.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4038
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin spōnsus m (“bridegroom”), spōnsa f (“bride”), from spondeō (“to vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. Displaced native Old English ġemaca.