noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:EH1 K S HH AH1 Z B AH0 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A former husband (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ex
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, adult male
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- English husband English ex-husband From ex- + husband.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
前夫
(qiánfū)
— a former husband
Czech:
exmanžel
— a former husband
Esperanto:
eksedzo
— a former husband
Finnish:
entinen aviomies
— a former husband
French:
ex-mari
— a former husband
Georgian:
ყოფილი ქმარი
(q̇opili kmari)
— a former husband
German:
Ex-Ehemann
— a former husband
German:
Exmann
— a former husband
Hindi:
पूर्वपति
(pūrvapti)
— a former husband
Hungarian:
exférj
— a former husband
Japanese:
前夫
(zenpu)
— a former husband
Korean:
전남편
(jeonnampyeon)
— a former husband
Northern Kurdish:
mêrê berê
— a former husband
Polish:
eksmąż
— a former husband
Russian:
бы́вший муж
(bývšij muž)
— a former husband
Slovak:
exmanžel
— a former husband
Spanish:
exmarido
— a former husband
Swedish:
exmake
— a former husband
Swedish:
exman
— a former husband
Telugu:
మాజీ-భర్త
(mājī-bharta)
— a former husband