spouse
nounmasculine/feminineformal/kõʒuʒɨ/high
côn·ju·ge
Definition
Each of the persons united by civil or religious marriage; husband or wife.
On the income tax return, you can declare your spouse as a dependent, if applicable.
The assets were divided between the surviving spouse and the children.
Common collocations
dependent spousespouse's rightssurviving spousespouse's declaration
Etymology
Do latim 'coniux, coniugis' ('cônjuge, esposo/a'), de 'coniungere' ('juntar').