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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spouse /spaʊs, spaʊz/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one's husband or wife.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spouse (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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: 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 |