Complete Definition of "husband"

English

rank|certainly|big|road|550|husband|blockquote|effect|wanted

Etymology
From Anglo-Saxon hūsbonda

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-husband.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship.
  2. Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.

#: While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.

Synonyms
partner (may or may not be married)
spouse (may also apply to wife)

Antonyms
wife

Related terms
house husband
hubby
husbandry

Translations
trans-top|male partner of woman in marriage
Arabic: ARchar|ز�ج (záuj) m
Albanian: t-|sq|burrë|xs=Albanian
Bosnian: t-|bs|muž|m, t-|bs|suprug|m
Breton: gwaz m
Bulgarian: м�ж m (m�ž), ��п��г (s�prug) m
Catalan: marit m
Chinese: �夫 (zhàng fú), �� (l�o g�ng), (old Chinese: ��)
Croatian: t+|hr|muž|m, t-|hr|suprug|m
Czech: t-|cs|manžel|m, t+|cs|muž|m
Danish: mand, ægtemand, (old Danish: husbond)
Dutch: t+|nl|man|m, t+|nl|echtgenoot|m
Esperanto: t+|eo|edzo|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: atsu, sr���utsu
Finnish: t+|fi|mies, t+|fi|aviomies
French: t+|fr|mari|m, t+|fr|époux|m
German: Ehemann m, Mann m, Gemahl m, Gatte m
Greek: t+|el|άνδ�α�|m|scGrek (ándras), t|el|��ζ�γο�|m|scGrek (sýzygos)
Guaraní: me, ména
Hebrew: �ע� m (baʿal), ��ש m (ʾîš)
Hindi: पति (pati) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|férj
Icelandic: t+|is|eiginmaður
Indonesian: t-|id|suami|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: marito, sposo, sponso
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Irish: fear céile
Italian: t+|it|marito|m
Japanese: 夫 (���, otto), 主人 (����, shujin), �� (���, danna)
Korean: �� (nam pyeon)
Kurdish: KUchar|��رد
Norwegian: ektemann, husbond
Persian: FAchar|ش��ر (šohar)
Polish: t+|pl|m�ż|m, t+|pl|ma�żonek|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|marido|m, t+|pt|esposo|m
Romanian: t-|ro|soţ|m
Russian: t+|ru|м�ж|m|sc=Cyrl
Scottish Gaelic: fear-cèile m, fear-pòsda f
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|manžel|m, t-|sk|muž|m
Slovene: t+|sl|mož|m, t+|sl|soprog|m
Spanish: t+|es|marido|m, t+|es|esposo|m
Swahili: t-|sw|mume|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|make|c, t+|sv|man|c
Tamil �ம�ப��யன� (ambaDayan)
Telugu: మ���డ� (moguDu), t|te|భర�త|scTelu (bharta), t|te|ప�నిమి�ి|scTelu (penimiTi)
Tupinambá: mena
Urdu: URchar|ش��ر (šohar)
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trans-top|cushion
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Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To conserve, to nurture, to farm.

Translations
trans-top|to conserve
Danish: spare på
Dutch: zuinig beheren
Finnish: hoitaa säästäväisesti, säästää
French: t|fr|économiser, t|fr|ménager
Italian: t-|it|dosare
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Norwegian: bevare
Spanish: ahorrar, manejar con economia
Telugu: ప�షణ (pOshaNa)
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Swedish

Etymology
From hus (house) + band (band)

Noun
husband

  1. A group of musicians who regularly play live in a TV-show.

Category:Family
Category:Swedish nouns

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