different between spouse vs trigamy

English

Etymology

From Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin sp?nsus m (“bridegroom”), sp?nsa f (“bride”), from sponde? (“I vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.

Cognate to espouse, sponsor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

spouse (plural spouses)

1. A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:spouse

   Hyponyms: husband, wife

Derived terms

• spousal (adjective)

Translations

Verb

spouse (third-person singular simple present spouses, present participle spousing, simple past and past participle spoused)

1. (dated) To wed; to espouse.
   • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act III, Scene II, verses 212-214

     Do you stand possess’d

     Of any proof against the honourableness

     Of Lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?

Translations

Anagrams

• opuses

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (trígamos), from ???? (tría, “three”) + ????? (gámos, “marriage”). Synchronically, tri- +? -gamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??.??.mi/

Noun

trigamy (countable and uncountable, plural trigamies)

1. The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
2. (ecclesiastical) A third marriage.

Derived terms

• trigamist
• trigamous

Translations

See also

• bigamy
• tri-

Anagrams

• ragtimy