She was an excellent spouse who stood by him through poverty.
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Spouse
//spaʊ̯s//
Synonyms for "spouse" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
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11 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
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2 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas a
1 entriesis a
3 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
177 translations across 77 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- nuse noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- re noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Arabic
4 entries- جوز noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- جوزة noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- زَوْج noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- زَوْجَة noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Armenian
1 entries- ամուսին noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yoldaş noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Bashkir
2 entries- иптәш noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- хәләл ефет noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Basque
2 entries- ezkonlagun noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- ezkontide noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Belarusian
4 entries- жо́нка noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- муж noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- сужэ́нец noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- сужэ́нка noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Bikol Central
1 entries- agom noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Breton
1 entries- pried noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Bulgarian
4 entries- жена́ noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- мъж noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- съпру́г noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- съпру́га noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Catalan
3 entries- cònjuge noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- esposa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- espòs noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Cebuano
1 entries- asawa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 配偶 noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Czech
4 entries- choť noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- choť noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- manžel noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- manželka noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Danish
2 entries- mage noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- ægtefælle noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Dutch
4 entries- echtgenoot noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- eega noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- gade noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- huwelijkspartner noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Esperanto
2 entries- geedzo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- spozo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Estonian
1 entries- abikaasa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Ewe
1 entries- srɔ̃ noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Faroese
1 entries- maki noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Finnish
3 entries- aviopuoliso noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- puoliso noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- siippa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
French
2 entries- épouse noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- époux noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Galician
2 entries- consorte noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- cónxuxe noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Georgian
1 entries- მეუღლე noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
German
4 entries- Ehepartner noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- Ehepartnerin noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- Gatte noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- Gattin noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Greek
1 entries- σύζυγος noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Hebrew
2 entries- בֶּן זוּג noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- בַּת זוּג noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Hindi
1 entries- जीवन साथी noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Hungarian
3 entries- hitves noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- házastárs noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- élettárs noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Icelandic
1 entries- maki noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Ido
1 entries- spozo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Ilocano
1 entries- asawa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Irish
1 entries- céile noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Italian
4 entries- coniuge noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- consorte noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- sposa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- sposo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Japanese
2 entries- 伴侶 noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- 配偶者 noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Javanese
2 entries- bojo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- garwa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Kapampangan
1 entries- asaua noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Kazakh
2 entries- жұбай noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- зайып noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Korean
1 entries- 배우자 noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жубай noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Lao
1 entries- ຄູ່ສົມລົດ noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Latin
4 entries- coniūnx noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- marīta noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- marītus noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- uxor noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Latvian
3 entries- dzīvesbiedre noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- dzīvesbiedrene noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- dzīvesbiedrs noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Macedonian
4 entries- брачен другар noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- сопруг noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- сопруга noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- сопружник noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Malay
2 entries- pasangan noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- teman hidup noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Mansaka
1 entries- asawa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Māori
3 entries- hoa mārena noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- makau noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- āwhai noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Navajo
1 entries- bił hinishnáanii noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- hevjîn noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- hevser noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- jinûmêr noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ektefelle noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- ektemake noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ektefelle noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- ektemake noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Ojibwe
1 entries- niwiidigemaagan noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Old English
1 entries- ġemaca noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اش noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- زوج noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- عرس noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Pangasinan
1 entries- asawa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Persian
1 entries- همسر noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Polish
4 entries- małżonek noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- małżonka noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- mąż noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- żona noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Portuguese
3 entries- cônjuge noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- esposa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- esposo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Russian
2 entries- супру́г noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- супру́га noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- bean-chèile noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- cèile noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- fear-cèile noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mȗž noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- sȕprug noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- sȕpruga noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- žèna noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Seri
1 entries- aal noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Slovak
4 entries- manžel noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- manželka noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- muž noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- žena noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Slovene
3 entries- mọ̑ž noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- soprọ̑g noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- žéna noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Spanish
4 entries- consorte noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- cónyuge noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- cónyugue noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- oíslo noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Swedish
2 entries- äkta maka noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- äkta make noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Tagalog
1 entries- asawa noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳамсар noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Thai
1 entries- คู่สมรส noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཟླ་བོ noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Turkish
1 entries- eş noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дружи́на noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- жі́нка noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- супру́г noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- супру́га noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Urdu
4 entries- جیون ساتھی noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- رفیق حیات noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- زوج noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- شریک حیات noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chồng noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- nhà noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- phối ngẫu noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- vợ noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Volapük
3 entries- himatan noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- jimatan noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- matan noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Welsh
1 entries- priod noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Yiddish
2 entries- מיטשלעפֿער noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
- מיטשלעפֿערין noun (person in a marriage or marital relationship)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Mr. Pierre and his spouse really like my children; I really like their children too.
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His spouse is a Japanese woman.
Source: tatoeba (894774)
How much time do you spend with your spouse?
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