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spouse

/sˈpaʊs/SPOWS
/sˈpaʊs/SPOWS

Meaningpromised or betrothed

Common meaning: husband, wife or married partner

Journey through time

  1. Latinsponsus‘promised or betrothed’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftspromised or betrothed → married partnerespous‘married partner’source
  3. Middle Englishspuse‘spouse’source
  4. Englishspouse‘husband, wife or married partner’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin sponsus ‘promised or betrothed’.

Roots

  • sponsus Latin “promised or betrothed”

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