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spousal en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈspaʊzəl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈspaʊsəl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈspaʊzəl/ (Canada, UK)

Etymology

From spouse + -al.

Meanings

  1. of or relating to marriage
  2. of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses
    • There ſhall vvee conſummate our ſpouſall rites. c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature [B4], verso:
    • We identify the degree of complementarity by calibrating #92;rho such that the model matches the reduced-form spousal spillover impact of the 2011 Norwegian pension reform. 2025 October 14, Sigurd M. Galaasen, Herman Kruse, “Spousal spillovers in the labor market: A structural assessment”, in Review of Economic Dynamics, volume 58, →DOI:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most spousal Degree=Sup lexicographic
more spousal Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

spousal support · interspousal · spousal abuse · spousally

Translations (10)

vo jimatanik (of or relating to a spouse, spouses) · es conyugal (of or relating to a spouse, spouses) · vo matik (of or relating to marriage) · eo geedza (of or relating to a spouse, spouses) · vo matanik (of or relating to a spouse, spouses) · eo geedza (of or relating to marriage) · io spozala (of or relating to a spouse, spouses) · es maridable (of or relating to marriage) · pl małżeński (of or relating to marriage) · vo himatanik (of or relating to a spouse, spouses)

spousal en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈspaʊzəl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈspaʊsəl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈspaʊzəl/ (Canada, UK)

Etymology

From Middle English spousaille, from Old French esposaille, espousaille, espousalle, Anglo-Norman (e)spusaille, esposalie, sposale, spousaille.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural, obsolete) Espousal; marriage; nuptials.
    • Knowing well to celebrate / With song and hue and star and state, / With tender light and youthful cheer, / The spousals of the new-born year. 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 17:
    • The Spouſals of Hippolita the Queen; 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 2:

Forms

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spousals Number=Plur lexicographic