Spouse
Meaning of Spouse
A husband or wife.
ما معنى كلمة Spouse بالعربي؟
الزوج أو الزوجة
💑💍 الزوج أو الزوجة في علاقة زواج قانونية ومُعترف بها؛ شريك الحياة العاطفي والاجتماعي والمالي؛ رفيق الدرب الذي يُشارك الأفراح والأحزان والمسؤوليات؛ النصف الآخر الذي يُكمل الشخصية ويُساند في الحياة؛ عضو أساسي في تكوين الأسرة والمجتمع السليم 💍💑
قصة GL: أصبحت زوجة نايف العيسى شريكة في رحلة التعافي والإبداع، حيث الدعم العائلي كان عاملاً مُهماً في تطوير منصة Genetic G Learning التي تُقوي أواصر العلاقات الإنسانية 💝
Synonyms & related words
Spouse in a sentence
Spouse support predicted adherence in the study.
A spouse may join the corporate event.
A spouse has rights under the inheritance law.
Students learn spouse in a family unit.
Origin of Spouse
From Old French spus, from Latin sponsus 'betrothed'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, spouse is a neutral legal word. GL forms use it where relevant.
Spouse audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Welcome. Today's word is spouse — a noun, pronounced SPOWSS, with the IPA /spaʊs/.
Narrator: A spouse is a person you are married to — your husband or your wife, named in one neat, neutral word.
Narrator: In plain English, your spouse is your marriage partner; the word works for any gender, which makes it handy on forms.
Narrator: The word comes from the Latin sponsus and sponsa, from spondere — to promise — the same root as 'respond' and 'sponsor'.
Narrator: At its heart, then, a spouse is the one to whom a solemn promise was made — a vow, a pledge, a betrothal.
Narrator: It travelled through old French into English and has stayed steady for centuries as the formal, gender-neutral term.
Narrator: Its register is fairly formal — common on forms, in law, and in official writing, rather than in cosy everyday chat.
Narrator: Remember it this way: a spouse is bound by a promise. Husband or wife, one word holds the vow.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: This visa form asks for my spouse's name — handy that one word covers husband or wife.
Speaker B: Exactly. Spouse is neat and neutral, which is why forms love it.
Speaker A: True. Though in everyday chat I'd just say 'my wife', not 'my spouse'.
Speaker B: Quick tip — spouse is the formal word. In casual talk, husband, wife, or partner sounds warmer and more natural.
Speaker A: Right. So 'add your spouse to the policy' on paper, but 'my husband's cooking tonight' over coffee.
Speaker B: Exactly. And remember a spouse means married — for someone you live with but aren't married to, say partner instead.
Speaker A: Is 'partner' a synonym?
Speaker B: Close but not the same. Partner is broader and need not mean marriage; spouse always means a married husband or wife.
Speaker A: Helpful. So I'll write spouse on the form and say wife at home.
Speaker B: Perfect — formal word for forms, warm word for life.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Today we'll use the word spouse to prompt an AI for forms, profiles, and family-related features.
Speaker A: Useful — I build account and benefits apps, so a spouse field comes up all the time.
Speaker B: Let's start with a form.
Prompt: Design a profile form with an optional spouse section that appears only when the user ticks married, with fields for the spouse's name and date of birth, and clear gender-neutral labels.
Speaker B: Using spouse keeps the label neutral, so the form works for any user without awkward wording.
Speaker A: Useful. What about a dependants list?
Prompt: Build a dependants screen that lists a spouse and children as cards, lets the user add or remove a spouse, and shows a friendly empty state when no spouse has been added yet.
Speaker B: Now the database — keep names plain.
Prompt: Design a database schema for an HR app with tables for employees and spouses, where each employee can link to at most one spouse, and an index on the employee id for quick lookups.
Speaker A: Clear. Could one prompt build the whole tool?
Prompt: Build a simple benefits app where an employee adds their spouse and dependants, the dashboard shows who is covered, and an admin view lists everyone who has registered a spouse.
Speaker B: For accuracy, lean on gentle validation.
Prompt: Add validation to the spouse section that asks for a marriage date when a spouse is added, checks the date is in the past, and shows a soft, friendly message if the field is left empty.
Speaker A: One more — an emergency contact?
Prompt: Create an emergency-contact card that lets a user mark their spouse as the primary contact, shows the spouse's name and phone, and a clear button to call the spouse in one tap.
Speaker B: See the pattern: the word spouse keeps forms neutral, formal, and inclusive. Clean and memorable.
Speaker A: Love it. Spouse means married partner, any gender — I'll keep it for forms, profiles, and benefits.
Frequently asked questions about Spouse
What does Spouse mean?
A husband or wife.
ما معنى كلمة Spouse بالعربي؟
الزوج أو الزوجة — 💑💍 الزوج أو الزوجة في علاقة زواج قانونية ومُعترف بها؛ شريك الحياة العاطفي والاجتماعي والمالي؛ رفيق الدرب الذي يُشارك الأفراح والأحزان والمسؤوليات؛ النصف الآخر الذي يُكمل الشخصية ويُساند في الحياة؛ عضو أساسي في تكوين الأسرة والمجتمع السليم 💍💑
How do you pronounce Spouse?
Spouse is pronounced /spaʊs/ and is used as a noun.
How is Spouse used in a sentence?
Spouse support predicted adherence in the study.
What are synonyms of Spouse?
partner, husband, wife, mate, better half, consort.