Masculine

époux

Sentences
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À  l'opposition  entre   les   époux  s'ajoutait  le   conflit   entre   protestants   et   catholiques .

To the opposition between the spouses was added the conflict between Protestants and Catholics.

Meaning

  1. (invariable, masculine) spouse
  2. (invariable, masculine) male spouse, husband

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.pu/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French espos, espus, from Latin spōnsus, whose meaning was "promised, engaged"; displaced in that sense by fiancé.

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