Spouse

Definition: Spouse

Spouse

Noun

1. A person's partner in marriage.

Date "spouse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Spouse (Cant. 4:8-12; Hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Census	A person legally married to another person. (references)
Literature	Spouse (Spouze, 1 syl.) means one whom sponsors have answered for. In Rome, before marriage, the friends of the parties about to be married met at the house of the woman's father to settle the marriage contract. This contract was called sponsalia (espousals); the man and woman were spouses. The contracting parties were each asked, "An spondes " (Do you agree?), and replied "Spondeo " (I agree). Spouse of Jesus. "Our seraphic mother, the holy Teresa," born at Avila in 1515, is so called in the Roman Catholic Church. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Public Administration	A person's partner in marriage. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Spouse

Synonyms: better half (n), married person (n), mate (n), partner (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Accompaniment	Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute.
Marriage	Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Which one of you thought this was the game show where you were asked how often you and your spouse made whoopie? (Weakest Link; writing credit: Alex Chauvin; Charlie Cook)
Lyrics	Runnin in and out ya spouse (Can't Nobody; performing artist: Nate Dogg)
Clever	Family Is Active Socially: Spouse drinks, too. (references; author: unknown) Get a new car for your spouse, it'll be a great trade! (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner. (references; author: unknown) You're trailer trash when the Halloween pumpkin on your porch has more teeth than your spouse. (references; author: unknown) If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	100 Fun and Fabulous Ways to Flirt With Your Spouse (reference) Build a Better Spouse Trap: A Street-Smart Dating Strategy for Men Who Have Lost a Love (reference) Heartmates: A Survival Guide for the Cardiac Spouse (reference) How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	You Are Not Alone: Coping with the Death of a Spouse (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Spouse Killer [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Tech. Sgt. Rich Lien from the Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Fire Department, talks with an Air Force spouse in the Grand Forks base exchange during fire prevention week in October. Lien says "getting out in the community" is one of the impo.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Jean Jacques Rousseau	Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
John Donne	Show me, dear Christ, Thy spouse, so bright and clear.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	My eldest daughter will tell you that we have been without a morsel of bread for two days, four persons, and my spouse sick.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	I can respect that invention of the grey spouse of Satan.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You may want to speak with your spouse, family, religious counselor, or social worker as you make this decision. (references)
		Before you retire, find out what health benefits, if any, extend to you and your spouse during your retirement years. (references)
		If you (or your spouse) did not pay Medicare taxes while you were working and you are age 65 or older, you still may be able to buy Part A. (references)
Civil Liberties	Russia	Race, who is married to a Russian citizen and has two children, also has been refused permission to register as the resident foreign spouse of a Russian citizen. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	For example, a Palestinian with a West Bank identification card must apply to the Israeli Government for permission to live with his or her Jerusalem-resident spouse in Jerusalem. (references)
	Estonia	In February the European Court of Human Rights upheld the Estonian courts' 1997 decision to convict and fine a prominent journalist for insulting the spouse of a prominent politician in a newspaper interview. (references)
Economic History	Germany	American companies can generally obtain the resident and spouse work permit visas they require to do business in Germany, but the relevant laws are quite broad and application of them involves considerable administrative discretion. (references)
Human Rights	Oman	Marriages in foreign countries may lead to denial of entry of the foreign spouse into the country and prevent a legitimate child from claiming citizenship rights. (references)
	Bolivia	In addition, four security officials and the spouse of one security official disappeared in the Chapare during the disturbances and later were found tortured and killed. (references)
Minorities	Estonia	In April 2000, the State Assembly approved an amendment to the law on aliens, which provided that the annual immigration quota will not be applied to non-Estonian spouses of Estonian citizens if the spouses have a common child up to 15 years of age or if the female spouse is more than 12 weeks pregnant. (references)
Travel	Korea	Though fathers are the primary income earners, in the majority of cases, salaries are entrusted to their wives, and most day to day consumption decisions are at the discretion of the female spouse. (references)
	Bolivia	The spouse and children of the visa holder are entitled to enter the country with the visa holder provided their names are included in the legal petition presented to the Director General of Immigration. (references)
Women	Algeria	Rape is illegal, and in principle a spouse could be charged under the law. (references)
	Zimbabwe	Courts also do not have the power to oust an abusive spouse from a couple's home. (references)
	Grenada	Sentences for assault against a spouse vary according to the severity of the incident. (references)
Worker Rights	Tajikistan	They also may employ document falsification services in order to escape restrictions such as those in the UAE, where a woman under 31 may not enter the country unaccompanied by her parents or spouse. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Spouse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.55% of the time. "Spouse" is used about 570 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.55%	556	11,235
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.23%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.05%	6	143,867
Noun (proper)	0.18%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	570	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "spouse".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Nymphas	N/A	Biblical	Spouse
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "spouse": Spouse Abuse ♦ spouse program ♦ surviving spouse exemption. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "spouse": Spouse-breach, spouse-less.
	Ending with "spouse": ex-spouse.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "spouse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		grua (bint, female, Jill, lady, missis, my better half, wife, woman), fat (chance, circumstance, cup, destiny, dole, doom, fate, fortune, hap, happiness, hit, kismet, lot, lottery, luck, mercy, portion, predetermine, share, weird), bashkëshort (consort, husband, partner, yokefellow, yokemate), çift i bashkëshortëve. (various references)

Arabic		‏القرينة, ‏القرين, ‏الزوجة (wife), ‏الزوج (husband). (various references)

Bulgarian		съпруга (better half, companion, consort, lady, mate, uxor, wife, woman), съпруг (companion, consort, helpmate, hub, husband, man, mate, partner). (various references)

Chamorro		asagua. (various references)

Chinese		配偶 (consort, mate). (various references)

Danish		skattelettelse/nedsættelse for overlevende ægtefælle/samlever (surviving spouse exemption), program for ledsagere (accompanying persons'programme, guests'programme, spouse program), overlevende aegtefaelle (surviving spouse), i nogle lande modtager den længstlevende ægtefælle en arvelod som tvangsarv (some countries grant a certain reserved portion to the surviving spouse), enke eller enkemand (surviving spouse), efterlevende ægtefælle (surviving spouse), efterladt aegtefaelle (surviving spouse). (various references)

Dutch		eega (husband, wife). (various references)

Esperanto		geedzo. (various references)

Farsi		همسرکردن , همسر (Associate, Consort, Fere, Helpmate, Match, Mate, Partner), زن یاشوهر, زوجه (Lady, Wedlock, Wife), زوج (Couple, Even, Pair, Twin). (various references)

Finnish		puoliso (consort, husband, wife), aviopuoliso (marriage partner). (various references)

French		époux. (various references)

German		Gatte (husband, partner), Ehegatte. (various references)

Greek		σύζυγοσ (beloved, consort, hubby, husband, wife), σύζηγοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		זו�'�" (female mate, wife), אש�" (a bit of skirt, female, wife, woman), בן זו�' (companion, counterpart, match, mate, partner), בת זו�' (consort, mate, partner, wife), בעל (husband, man, master, owner, possessor). (various references)

Hungarian		házastárs (better half, consort, yoke-fellow). (various references)

Indonesian		sisihan (cuil, insert, insertion, inset). (various references)

Irish		céile. (various references)

Italian		coniuge (consort, husband, mate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		配偶者 (husband, wife). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うはい (crossbreeding, cross-fertilization, destiny, good dividend, good offices, good spouse, halo, junior, married couple, mating, one's attitude, rise and fall, ruin, state of affairs, your trouble), はいぐうしゃ (husband, wife). (various references)

Korean		배우자. (various references)

Manx		sheshey (cohort, colleague, companion, consort, fellow, husband, match, mate, partner). (various references)

Mohawk		rone. (various references)

Pig Latin		ousespay

Portuguese		esposo (husband). (various references)

Romanian		soţie (consort, feme, goodwife, helpmate, partner, rib, wife, yoke fellow), soţ (companion, consort, goodman, helpmate, hubby, husband, man, partner, yoke fellow), om (fellow, human, husband, individual, Jack, male, man, my man, person, somebody, soul, subject), nevastã (goodwife, lady, rib, wife, woman), mireasã (bride, mistress), consoartã (consort, rib), bãrbat (he, hubby, husband, Jack, male, man). (various references)

Russian		супруг (consort, husband, partner). (various references)

Scottish		céile (companion, fellow, partner), cè (cream, give). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		supruga (lady, wife), suprug (helpmate, husband, mate, old man). (various references)

Spanish		esposo, esposa, esposo (helpmate, hubby, husband, love), cónyuge (mate, partner). (various references)

Swedish		make (consort, fellow, husband, match, mate, partner, pendant), maka (consort, edge, partner, wife). (various references)

Turkish		koca (feller, fellow, goodman, hubby, husband, old man, the old man), karı (bedfellow, broad, Dame, dutch, Jane, old lady, old woman, the old woman, wife, woman), hayat arkadaşı (better half, goodwife, partner, yoke mate, yokefellow, yokemate), eş (better half, coequal, companion, compeer, consort, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, doublet, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, mate, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, partner, placenta, spousal, the missis, the old woman, wife). (various references)

Ukrainian		чоловік (consort, he, him, husband, male, man, masculine, mate), одружуватися (espouse, marry, match, pair), дружина (consort, lady, missis, missus, moiety, wife, yoke fellow, yoke mate). (various references)

Vietnamese		vợ (lady, mate). (various references)

Welsh		priod (married, own, proper), cyfalle (union). (various references)

Yucatec		laak' (husband, relative). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	2. lam, dam. (various references)
Akkadian	3000 BCE-Modern	aššatu. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	condicio, condicione, conditionis, coniuge, coniugem, coniuges, coniugibus, coniugium, coniugum, coniux, sponsus, uxor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	CronizontoV de tou numfiou enustaxan pasai kai ekaqeudon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Moram autem faciente sponso dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða se bredgume ylecede. þa nïpedenhyo ealle & slepen.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Forsothe the spouse, `or housbonde, makynge dwellynge, alle nappiden and slepten.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Whill the brydgrome taryed all slombred and slepte.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 5
Cebuano	Ug kay ang pamanhonon nadugay man sa pag-abut, silang tanan nanagpirat ug nahikatulog.
Croatian	"Buduæi da je zaruènik okasnio, sve one zadrijemaše i pozaspaše.
Danish	Og da Brudgommen tøvede, slumrede de alle ind og sov.
Dutch	Als nu de bruidegom vertoefde, werden zij allen sluimerig, en vielen in slaap.
Finnish	Yljän viipyessä tuli heille kaikille uni, ja he nukkuivat.
French	Comme l`époux tardait, toutes s`assoupirent et s`endormirent.
German	Da nun der Bräutigam verzog, wurden sie alle schläfrig und schliefen ein.
Hungarian	Késvén pedig a võlegény, mindannyian elszunnyadának és aluvának.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Pengantin laki-laki itu datang terlambat, jadi gadis-gadis itu mulai mengantuk lalu tertidur.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pada ketika pengantin itu terlambat datang, mengantuklah mereka itu sekalian, lalu tertidur.
Italian	Poiché lo sposo tardava, si assopirono tutte e dormirono.
Korean	� 랑 이 �" �"" 오 므 로 다 졸 며 잘 새
Latvian	Kad lîgavainis kavçjâs, visas iemiga un gulçja.
Manx Gaelic	Choud as v'ad fieau er y dooinney poosee, huitt ad ooilley er saveenagh as cadley.
Maori	Ka whakaroa te tane marena hou, ka tunewha ratou katoa, ka moe.
Norwegian	Men da brudgommen gav sig tid, slumret de alle inn og sov.
Portuguese	E tardando o noivo, cochilaram todas, e dormiram.
Rumanian	Fiindcq mirele zqbovea, au ayipit toate, wi au adormit.
Shuar	Tura Jíinkiarmatai nuatkatin aishman wari taachkui kari pujakui kanararmai.
Spanish	Y como tardaba el novio, todas cabecearon y se quedaron dormidas.
Swahili	Kwa kuwa bwana arusi alikawia kuja, wale wanawali wote wote walisinzia, wakalala.
Swedish	Då nu brudgummen dröjde, blevo de alla sömniga och somnade.
Uma	Apa' mahae rahi karata topemua', tetunu' -ramo toronaa toera, ka'omea-na leta' omea-ramo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "spouse": spoused, spouses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "spouse": bespouse, espouse. (additional references)
	Words containing "spouse": bespoused, bespouses, espoused, espouser, espousers, espouses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Spouse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scouse, smouse, Sophusson, sousa, souser, souspe, Soussou, spise, sponse, Sposa, spose, Sposi, spouce, spouge, spousee, Sproule, spuse, supose, suposse. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "spouse" (pronounced spou"s)
4	s p ou" s	espouse.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: opuses.
	Words within the letters "e-o-p-s-s-u"
	-1 letter: pesos, poses, posse, puses, soups, souse, spues, supes.
	-2 letters: epos, opes, opus, oses, peso, pose, puss, sops, soup, sous, spue, sues, supe, sups, uses.
	-3 letters: ess, oes, ope, ops, ose, pes, pus, sop, sos, sou, sue, sup, upo, ups, use.
	-4 letters: es, oe, op, os, pe, so, up, us.
	Words containing the letters "e-o-p-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: espouse, poseurs, poussie, pseudos, spoused, spouses, suppose.
	+2 letters: bespouse, closeups, corpuses, espousal, espoused, espouser, espouses, gypseous, outpress, oversups, postures, poussies, purposes, repousse, sepalous, soupiest, specious, spermous, sporules, spouters, spumones, supposed, supposer, supposes, supremos, uprouses, uptossed, uptosses.
	+3 letters: autopsies, bespoused, bespouses, disposure, esophagus, espousals, espousers, espousing, exposures, homespuns, housetops, mesopause, nonpluses, octopuses, opuscules, outpassed, outpasses, outpushes, outsleeps, outspeaks, outspeeds, outspells, outspends, peloruses, pesthouse, phaseouts, phoebuses, piousness, pishogues, pleustons, polypuses, postiques, postludes, posturers, pothouses, poussette, proestrus, proteuses, pulsojets, pushovers, pussytoes, pyloruses, repousses, responsum, resprouts, saphenous, spinulose, subdepots, subepochs, subpoenas, sulphones, supercops, superegos, superiors, supermoms, superpose, superpros, supershow, supersoft, supposers, suspensor, taphouses, unpersons, upstrokes.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cheating spouse	577	benefit security social spouse	13
spouse abuse	85	pocahontas spouse	13
spouse	80	depression spouse	12
sign of a cheating spouse	75	betrayed forum spouse	12
catch cheating spouse	59	spanking spouse	11
military spouse	58	controlling spouse	11
death of spouse	41	bipolar spouse	11
spouse swapping	39	ex spouse	11
tell if your spouse is cheating	21	lying spouse	10
sibling spouse	17	innocent spouse	10
unfaithful spouse	17	cheat spouse why	9
act former protection services spouse uniformed	17	benefit military spouse	8
spouse spy	17	spouse straight	8
alcoholic spouse	17	act former protection spouse	8
loss of a spouse	15	army spouse	8
military scholarship spouse	15	pocahontass spouse	8
spouse visa	15	navy spouse	8
cheat on your spouse	15	injured spouse	7
ranis spouse	14	catching your spouse cheating	7
common law spouse	14	battered spouse syndrome	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Spouse

Definition: Spouse

Spouse

Noun

Specialty Definition: Spouse

Synonyms: Spouse

Synonyms within Context: Spouse

Accompaniment

Marriage

Crosswords: Spouse

Modern Usage: Spouse

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

John Donne

Use in Literature: Spouse

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Non-Fiction Usage: Spouse

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Spouse

Derived & Related Names: Spouse

Expression: Spouse

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Modern Translation: Spouse

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