spouse

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is a convenient gender-neutral term, less formal in tone than it once was, for a married man in relation to his wife and a married woman in relation to her husband.

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noun

A husband or wife: consort, mate, partner. Informal better half. See marriage/unmarried.

Wife or husband, usually preceeded with "Dependent". (see Dependent Wife)

For a list of words related to spouse, see:

• Relationships by Blood and Marriage - spouse: husband or wife; person to whom one is married
• Marriage and Divorce - spouse: one's husband or wife

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - samlever, sam-bo, ægtefælle
v. tr. - bo sammen, leve sammen

Nederlands (Dutch)
echtgeno(o)t(e)

Français (French)
n. - époux, épouse
v. tr. - se marier (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gemahl, Ehegatte
v. - verehelichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύζυγος, σύντροφος του βίου

Italiano (Italian)
consorte

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cônjuge (m)

Русский (Russian)
супруг, супруга, сочетаться браком, устроить брак

Español (Spanish)
n. - esposo, cónyuge
v. tr. - unirse en matrimonio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - äkta make, äkta maka, brud, brudgum

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
配偶, 夫妻, 和...结婚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 配偶, 夫妻
v. tr. - 和...結婚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 배우자, 부부
v. tr. - ~와 결혼하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 配偶者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الزوج أو الزوجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בן-זוג, בעל, אישה‬
v. tr. - ‮נישא/ה (לא בשימוש)‬

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