name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
husband
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 Z B AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Harmon Husband.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hubby
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 5
A prudent or frugal manager.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 7
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
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noun
Meaning 8
The male of a pair of animals.
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noun
Meaning 9
A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: husband pillow
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A polled tree; a pollard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 11
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To conserve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
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verb
Meaning 13
To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 14
To provide with a husband.
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 15
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 16
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hubby, married man
Antonyms: wife
Broader terms: spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half
Narrower terms: benedick, benedict, cuckold, family man, house husband, househusband, uxoricide
verb
Meaning 17
use cautiously and frugally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I try to economize my spare time
- conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conserve, economize, economise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: save, preserve
Narrower terms: retrench
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búa Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Old Norse -andi Old Norse bóndibor. Old English bonda ▲ Old Norse húsbóndicalq. Old English hūsbonda Middle English husbonde English husband Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.
Across languages
Translations
459 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: ахаҵа (axacʼa) — male partner in marriage
- Abkhaz: аԥшәма (apŝwma) — male partner in marriage
- Afar: baqala — male partner in marriage
- Afrikaans: eggenoot — male partner in marriage
- Aghwan: 𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔱𐕒 (usbo) — male partner in marriage
- Akkadian: 𒁮 (mutu) — male partner in marriage
- Alabama: innaani — male partner in marriage
- Albanian: burrë — male partner in marriage
- Southern Altai: ӧбӧгӧн (öbögön) — male partner in marriage
- Southern Altai: эр (er) — male partner in marriage
- Alutor: ӄылавул (qəlavul) — male partner in marriage
- Ambonese Malay: paitua — male partner in marriage
- Amharic: ባል (bal) — male partner in marriage
- Chungli Ao: kinungpu — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: زَوْج (zawj) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: بَعْل (baʕl) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: جوز (gōz) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: زوج (zōg) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: ريل (rayil) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: زوج (zōj) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: زوج (zōj) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: جوز (jōz) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: جوز (jōz) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: زوج (zōj) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: جوز (jōz) — male partner in marriage
- Arabic: زوج (zōj) — male partner in marriage
- Armenian: ամուսին (amusin) — male partner in marriage
- Armenian: մարդ (mard) — male partner in marriage
- Aromanian: bãrbat (roa-rup) — male partner in marriage
- Assamese: গিৰি (giri) — male partner in marriage
- Assamese: পৈ (poi) — male partner in marriage
- Assamese: স্বামী (sami) — male partner in marriage
- Asturian: esposu — male partner in marriage
- Asturian: home — male partner in marriage
- Azerbaijani: ər — male partner in marriage
- Azerbaijani: zövc — male partner in marriage
- Bakhtiari: شی (ši) — male partner in marriage
- Bakhtiari: میره (mēre) — male partner in marriage
- Bangi: mobali — male partner in marriage
- Bashkir: ир (ir) — male partner in marriage
- Basque: senar — male partner in marriage
- Basque: gizon — male partner in marriage
- Belarusian: муж (muž) — male partner in marriage
- Belarusian: сужэ́нец (sužénjec) — male partner in marriage
- Bengali: স্বামী (śami) — male partner in marriage
- Bengali: শওহর (śoōhor) — male partner in marriage
- Bengali: জওজ (joōj) — male partner in marriage
- Bengali: পতি (poti) — male partner in marriage
- Bhojpuri: भतार (bhatār) — male partner in marriage
- Borôro: oredu — male partner in marriage
- Breton: gwaz — male partner in marriage
- Bulgarian: мъж (mǎž) — male partner in marriage
- Bulgarian: съпру́г (sǎprúg) — male partner in marriage
- Burmese: လင် (lang) — male partner in marriage
- Burmese: ခင်ပွန်း (hkangpwan:) — male partner in marriage
- Carpathian Rusyn: хлоп (xlop) — male partner in marriage
- Carpathian Rusyn: муж (muž) — male partner in marriage
- Carpathian Rusyn: ма́нжел (mánžel) — male partner in marriage
- Catalan: marit — male partner in marriage
- Cebuano: bana — male partner in marriage
- Eastern Cham: ꨤꨆꨬ (lakei) — male partner in marriage
- Eastern Cham: ꨚꨔꩃ (pathang) — male partner in marriage
- Western Cham: ڤسآڠ — male partner in marriage
- Chechen: мар (mar) — male partner in marriage
- Chickasaw: i̠hattak — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Cantonese: 丈夫 (zoeng6 fu1) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Cantonese: 老公 (lou5 gung1) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Cantonese: 先生 (sin1 saang1) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: нанжын (nanřɨn) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: җонфу (žonfu) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: лохан (lohan) — male partner in marriage
- Eastern Min Chinese: 老公 — male partner in marriage
- Gan Chinese: 老公 (lau3 gung) — male partner in marriage
- Hakka Chinese: 丈夫 (chhong-fû) — male partner in marriage
- Hakka Chinese: 先生 (sîn-sâng) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: 翁 (ang) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: 翁婿 (ang-sài) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: 查埔人 (tsa-poo-lâng) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: 丈夫 (tiōng-hu) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese: 先生 (sian-sen/sian-sin) — male partner in marriage
- Jin Chinese: 老漢兒 /老汉儿 (lau2 hanr3) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 丈夫 (zhàngfu) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 老公 — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 先生 (xiānsheng) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 愛人 /爱人 (àirén) — male partner in marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 相公 (xiànggōng) — male partner in marriage
- Northern Min Chinese: 老公 (sē-é̤ng) — male partner in marriage
- Teochew: 翁 (ang1) — male partner in marriage
- Teochew: [script needed] (dai6 lou6) — male partner in marriage
- Wu Chinese: 丈夫 (6zan-fu1) — male partner in marriage
- Wu Chinese: 愛人 /爱人 — male partner in marriage
- Wu Chinese: 先生 (1shi-san1) — male partner in marriage
- Wu Chinese: 男人 — male partner in marriage
- Choctaw: hatak — male partner in marriage
- Chukchi: ыʼвэӄуч (yʼvėquč) — male partner in marriage
- Maore Comorian: mume — male partner in marriage
- Maore Comorian: mme — male partner in marriage
- Ngazidja Comorian: mndru-mme — male partner in marriage
- Cornish: gour — male partner in marriage
- Crimean Tatar: aqay — male partner in marriage
- Crimean Tatar: qoca — male partner in marriage
- Crimean Tatar: refiq — male partner in marriage
- Czech: manžel — male partner in marriage
- Czech: muž — male partner in marriage
- Czech: choť — male partner in marriage
- Dalmatian: marait — male partner in marriage
- Danish: mand — male partner in marriage
- Danish: ægtemand — male partner in marriage
- Danish: husbond — male partner in marriage
- Darkinjung: mullamang — male partner in marriage
- Dutch: man — male partner in marriage
- Dutch: echtgenoot — male partner in marriage
- Egyptian: h-i-D52-A1 (hj) — male partner in marriage
- Erzya: мирде (mirde) — male partner in marriage
- Erzya: пола (pola) — male partner in marriage
- Esperanto: edzo — male partner in marriage
- Estonian: mees — male partner in marriage
- Estonian: abikaasa — male partner in marriage
- Ewe: atsu — male partner in marriage
- Ewe: srɔ̃ŋutsu — male partner in marriage
- Faroese: maður — male partner in marriage
- Faroese: ektamaður — male partner in marriage
- Faroese: maki — male partner in marriage
- Finnish: mies — male partner in marriage
- Finnish: aviomies — male partner in marriage
- French: mari — male partner in marriage
- French: époux — male partner in marriage
- Old French: mari — male partner in marriage
- Friulian: omp — male partner in marriage
- Friulian: om — male partner in marriage
- Friulian: marît — male partner in marriage
- Friulian: cristian — male partner in marriage
- Gagauz: koca — male partner in marriage
- Galician: marido — male partner in marriage
- Galician: esposo — male partner in marriage
- Galician: home — male partner in marriage
- Ge'ez: በዓል (bäʿal) — male partner in marriage
- Georgian: ქმარი (kmari) — male partner in marriage
- German: Ehemann — male partner in marriage
- German: Mann — male partner in marriage
- German: Gemahl — male partner in marriage
- German: Gatte — male partner in marriage
- German: Ehegatte — male partner in marriage
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐌰 (aba) — male partner in marriage
- Greek: σύζυγος (sýzygos) — male partner in marriage
- Greek: άνδρας (ándras) — male partner in marriage
- Ancient Greek: γαμέτης (gamétēs) — male partner in marriage
- Greenlandic: ui — male partner in marriage
- Paraguayan Guarani: me — male partner in marriage
- Paraguayan Guarani: ména — male partner in marriage
- Gujarati: પતિ (pati) — male partner in marriage
- Gujarati: નાવ (nāv) — male partner in marriage
- Haitian Creole: mari — male partner in marriage
- Hausa: mijī̀ — male partner in marriage
- Hawaiian: kāne — male partner in marriage
- Hebrew: בַּעַל (baʿal) — male partner in marriage
- Hebrew: אִישׁ (ʾish) — male partner in marriage
- Higaonon: asawa — male partner in marriage
- Hiligaynon: bana — male partner in marriage
- Hindi: पति (pati) — male partner in marriage
- Hindi: स्वामी (svāmī) — male partner in marriage
- Hindi: धनी (dhanī) — male partner in marriage
- Hindi: भतार (bhatār) — male partner in marriage
- Hittite: 𒇽𒀸 (LÚ-as) — male partner in marriage
- White Hmong: txiv — male partner in marriage
- Hungarian: férj — male partner in marriage
- Icelandic: eiginmaður — male partner in marriage
- Icelandic: maður — male partner in marriage
- Icelandic: bóndi — male partner in marriage
- Ido: spozulo — male partner in marriage
- Igala: ọ́kọ — male partner in marriage
- Igbo: di — male partner in marriage
- Indonesian: suami — male partner in marriage
- Ingush: мар (mar) — male partner in marriage
- Ingush: цӏен-да (cʼen-da) — male partner in marriage
- Interlingua: marito — male partner in marriage
- Interlingua: sposo — male partner in marriage
- Interlingua: sponso — male partner in marriage
- Irish: fear — male partner in marriage
- Irish: fear céile — male partner in marriage
- Isoko: ọzaị — male partner in marriage
- Istriot: mareî — male partner in marriage
- Italian: marito — male partner in marriage
- Izon: yeí — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: 夫 (otto) — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: 旦那 (danna) — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: 亭主 (teishu) — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: 主人 (shujin) — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: ハズバンド (hazubando) — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: ハズ (hazu) — male partner in marriage
- Japanese: ご主人 (go-shujin) — male partner in marriage
- Javanese: laki — male partner in marriage
- Javanese: bojo lanang — male partner in marriage
- Javanese: garwa kakung — male partner in marriage
- Jeju: 남펜 (nampen) — male partner in marriage
- Jeju: 서방 (seobang) — male partner in marriage
- Jeju: 집잇어룬 (jibiseorun) — male partner in marriage
- Kamba: mundu ume — male partner in marriage
- Kannada: ಪತಿ (pati) — male partner in marriage
- Kannada: ಗಂಡ (gaṃḍa) — male partner in marriage
- Karakalpak: kúyew — male partner in marriage
- Pa'o Karen: ဝါ — male partner in marriage
- S'gaw Karen: ဝၤ (wā) — male partner in marriage
- Kashmiri: خانہٕ دار (khānhụ dār) — male partner in marriage
- Kashmiri: خاوَنٛد (khāvand) — male partner in marriage
- Kashmiri: بَرتھا (barthā) — male partner in marriage
- Kashmiri: روٗن (rūn) — male partner in marriage
- Kashmiri: اوش (ōś) — male partner in marriage
- Kashmiri: گَروول (garvōl) — male partner in marriage
- Kazakh: күйеу (küieu) — male partner in marriage
- Kazakh: ер (er) — male partner in marriage
- Kazakh: жұбай (jūbai) — male partner in marriage
- Kazakh: бай (bai) — male partner in marriage
- Khmer: ប្ដី (pdəy) — male partner in marriage
- Kikuyu: morume — male partner in marriage
- Kis: msacha — male partner in marriage
- Komi-Permyak: айка (ajka) — male partner in marriage
- Korean: 남편 (nampyeon) — male partner in marriage
- Korean: 양반 (yangban) — male partner in marriage
- Korean: 량반 (ryangban) — male partner in marriage
- Central Kurdish: مێرد (mêrd) — male partner in marriage
- Central Kurdish: شوو (şû) — male partner in marriage
- Laki: مێردە (mêrde) — male partner in marriage
- Laki: شۊ (şü) — male partner in marriage
- Northern Kurdish: mêr — male partner in marriage
- Southern Kurdish: شۊ (şü) — male partner in marriage
- Kyrgyz: эр (er) — male partner in marriage
- Kyrgyz: күйөө (küyöö) — male partner in marriage
- Laboya: lai — male partner in marriage
- Lao: ຜົວ (phūa) — male partner in marriage
- Lao: ສາມີ (sā mī) — male partner in marriage
- Lao: ສະຫວາມິ (sa huā mi) — male partner in marriage
- Lao: ພັດສະດາ (phat sa dā) — male partner in marriage
- Lao: ປະຕິ (pa ti) — male partner in marriage
- Latin: marītus — male partner in marriage
- Latin: coniunx — male partner in marriage
- Latin: vir — male partner in marriage
- Latvian: vīrs — male partner in marriage
- Latvian: dzīvesbiedrs — male partner in marriage
- Laz: ქომოჯი (komoci) — male partner in marriage
- Lezgi: гъуьл (ġül) — male partner in marriage
- Lingala: mobali — male partner in marriage
- Lithuanian: vyras — male partner in marriage
- Lithuanian: sutuoktinis — male partner in marriage
- Lithuanian: pats — male partner in marriage
- Lolopo: capor — male partner in marriage
- Louisiana Creole: mari — male partner in marriage
- Low German: Ehmann — male partner in marriage
- Low German: Mann — male partner in marriage
- Lü: ᦕᦷ (ṗho) — male partner in marriage
- Luhya: omsecha — male partner in marriage
- Luo: chuora — male partner in marriage
- Luo: jaod — male partner in marriage
- Luxembourgish: Mann — male partner in marriage
- Macedonian: маж (maž) — male partner in marriage
- Macedonian: со́пруг (sóprug) — male partner in marriage
- Maguindanao: kaluma — male partner in marriage
- Malagasy: ibaban-tsaiky — male partner in marriage
- Malagasy: lahy — male partner in marriage
- Malay: suami — male partner in marriage
- Malay: laki — male partner in marriage
- Malayalam: ഭർത്താവ് (bhaṟttāvŭ) — male partner in marriage
- Maltese: raġel — male partner in marriage
- Manchu: ᡝᡳᡤᡝᠨ (eigen) — male partner in marriage
- Mansaka: bana — male partner in marriage
- Māori: hoa tāne — male partner in marriage
- Māori: tāne — male partner in marriage
- Māori: hoa rangatira — male partner in marriage
- Maranao: kawing — male partner in marriage
- Marathi: नवरा (navrā) — male partner in marriage
- Marathi: पती (patī) — male partner in marriage
- Meru: murume — male partner in marriage
- Middle English: husbonde — male partner in marriage
- Mingrelian: ქომოჯი (komoǯi) — male partner in marriage
- Mongolian: нөхөр (nöxör) — male partner in marriage
- Mongolian: ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür) — male partner in marriage
- Mwani: nlume — male partner in marriage
- Navajo: hahastiin — male partner in marriage
- Neapolitan: marito — male partner in marriage
- Nepali: पति (pati) — male partner in marriage
- Nepali: श्रीमान (śrīmān) — male partner in marriage
- Norman: bouonhoumme — male partner in marriage
- Norwegian Bokmål: ektemann — male partner in marriage
- Norwegian Bokmål: mann — male partner in marriage
- Norwegian Bokmål: husbond — male partner in marriage
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ektemann — male partner in marriage
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mann — male partner in marriage
- Norwegian Nynorsk: husbond — male partner in marriage
- Nuosu: ꃥꌋ (vip si) — male partner in marriage
- Occitan: marit — male partner in marriage
- Odia: ସ୍ୱାମୀ (swāmi) — male partner in marriage
- Ojibwe: niwiidigemaagan — male partner in marriage
- Church Slavic: мѫжь (mǫžĭ) — male partner in marriage
- Church Slavic: ⰿⱘⰶⱐ (mǫžĭ) — male partner in marriage
- Old East Slavic: мужь (mužĭ) — male partner in marriage
- Old English: wer — male partner in marriage
- Ossetian: лӕг (læg) — male partner in marriage
- Ossetian: мой (moj) — male partner in marriage
- Ossetian: мойнӕ (mojnæ) — male partner in marriage
- Paicî: éa — male partner in marriage
- Pali: bhattu — male partner in marriage
- Pannonian Rusyn: муж (muž) — male partner in marriage
- Pannonian Rusyn: хлоп (xlop) — male partner in marriage
- Pannonian Rusyn: супруг (supruh) — male partner in marriage
- Pannonian Rusyn: товариш (tovariš) — male partner in marriage
- Pashto: خاوند (xāwand) — male partner in marriage
- Pashto: مړو (mṛo) — male partner in marriage
- Pashto: مېړه (meṛᶕ) — male partner in marriage
- Pashto: سړی (saṛay) — male partner in marriage
- Dari: شَوْهَر (šawhar) — male partner in marriage
- Dari: زَوْج (zawj) — male partner in marriage
- Iranian Persian: شُوْهَر (šowhar) — male partner in marriage
- Iranian Persian: شو (šu) — male partner in marriage
- Iranian Persian: شی (ši) — male partner in marriage
- Iranian Persian: شوی (šuy) — male partner in marriage
- Iranian Persian: زُوْج (zowj) — male partner in marriage
- Plautdietsch: Maun — male partner in marriage
- Polish: mąż — male partner in marriage
- Polish: małżonek — male partner in marriage
- Portuguese: marido — male partner in marriage
- Portuguese: esposo — male partner in marriage
- Punjabi: ਪਤੀ (patī) — male partner in marriage
- Quechua: qusa — male partner in marriage
- Romani: rrom — male partner in marriage
- Romanian: soț — male partner in marriage
- Romansh: um — male partner in marriage
- Romansh: cunsort — male partner in marriage
- Russian: муж (muž) — male partner in marriage
- Russian: супру́г (suprúg) — male partner in marriage
- Saho: bacla — male partner in marriage
- Northern Sami: boadnji — male partner in marriage
- Sanskrit: पति (pati) — male partner in marriage
- Sanskrit: स्वामिन् (svāmin) — male partner in marriage
- Sanskrit: नाथ (nātha) — male partner in marriage
- Sardinian: madiru — male partner in marriage
- Scots: guidman — male partner in marriage
- Scottish Gaelic: fear-cèile — male partner in marriage
- Scottish Gaelic: fear-pòsda — male partner in marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: му̑ж — male partner in marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: су̏пруг — male partner in marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: mȗž — male partner in marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: sȕprug — male partner in marriage
- Shan: ၽူဝ် (phǒ) — male partner in marriage
- Shor: эр (er) — male partner in marriage
- Sicilian: maritu — male partner in marriage
- Sinhalese: සැමියා (sæmiyā) — male partner in marriage
- Sinhalese: ස්වාමිපුරුෂයා (swāmipuruṣayā) — male partner in marriage
- Sinhalese: පුරුෂයා (puruṣayā) — male partner in marriage
- Slovak: manžel — male partner in marriage
- Slovak: muž — male partner in marriage
- Slovene: mọ̑ž — male partner in marriage
- Slovene: soprọ̑g — male partner in marriage
- Lower Sorbian: cłowjek — male partner in marriage
- Lower Sorbian: muž — male partner in marriage
- Upper Sorbian: muž — male partner in marriage
- Spanish: marido — male partner in marriage
- Spanish: esposo — male partner in marriage
- Sumerian: 𒁮 — male partner in marriage
- Sundanese: carogé — male partner in marriage
- Sundanese: salaki — male partner in marriage
- Svan: ჭაშ (č̣aš) — male partner in marriage
- Swahili: mume — male partner in marriage
- Swedish: make — male partner in marriage
- Swedish: man — male partner in marriage
- Tagalog: asawa — male partner in marriage
- Tagalog: bana — male partner in marriage
- Tagalog: lalaking asawa — male partner in marriage
- Tagalog: esposo — male partner in marriage
- Tajik: шавҳар (šavhar) — male partner in marriage
- Tajik: завҷ (zavj) — male partner in marriage
- Tamil: அம்படையன் (ampaṭaiyaṉ) — male partner in marriage
- Tamil: கணவன் (kaṇavaṉ) — male partner in marriage
- Taos: sə́onena — male partner in marriage
- Tarantino: marite — male partner in marriage
- Tatar: ир (ir) — male partner in marriage
- Telugu: మొగుడు (moguḍu) — male partner in marriage
- Telugu: భర్త (bharta) — male partner in marriage
- Telugu: పెనిమిటి (penimiṭi) — male partner in marriage
- Ternate: raka — male partner in marriage
- Tetum: la'en — male partner in marriage
- Thai: สามี (sǎa-mii) — male partner in marriage
- Thai: ผัว (pǔua) — male partner in marriage
- Tibetan: ཁྱོ་ག (khyo ga) — male partner in marriage
- Tigrinya: በዓል ቤት (bäʿal bet) — male partner in marriage
- Tlingit: x̱úx̱ — male partner in marriage
- Tocharian B: pets — male partner in marriage
- Tupinambá: mena — male partner in marriage
- Turkish: koca — male partner in marriage
- Turkish: eş — male partner in marriage
- Ottoman Turkish: قوجه (koca) — male partner in marriage
- Turkmen: är — male partner in marriage
- Tuvan: ашак (aşak) — male partner in marriage
- Tyap: a̱tyok — male partner in marriage
- Tyap: a̱tyoli — male partner in marriage
- Udi: ишкъар (išq̇ar) — male partner in marriage
- Udi: ишу (išu) — male partner in marriage
- Udmurt: карт (kart) — male partner in marriage
- Udmurt: пиосмурт (piosmurt) — male partner in marriage
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎚 (mt) — male partner in marriage
- Ukrainian: чолові́к (čolovík) — male partner in marriage
- Ukrainian: муж (muž) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: شَوہَر (śauhar) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: پَتی (patī) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: خاوَنْد (xāvand) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: خاوِنْد (xāvind) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: مِیاں (miyā̃) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: سَرْتاج (sartāj) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: خَصَم (xasam) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: زَوج (zauj) — male partner in marriage
- Urdu: مَرْد (mard) — male partner in marriage
- Uyghur: ئەر (er) — male partner in marriage
- Uzbek: er — male partner in marriage
- Venetan: marìo — male partner in marriage
- Vietnamese: chồng — male partner in marriage
- Volapük: matan — male partner in marriage
- Volapük: himatan — male partner in marriage
- Walloon: ome — male partner in marriage
- Welsh: gŵr — male partner in marriage
- Woiwurrung: naing groong — male partner in marriage
- Yaghnobi: вир (vir) — male partner in marriage
- Yakut: эр (er) — male partner in marriage
- Yámana: tuku — male partner in marriage
- Yiddish: מאַן (man) — male partner in marriage
- Yoruba: ọkọ — male partner in marriage
- Yucatec Maya: íicham — male partner in marriage
- Zazaki: mêrde (diq) — male partner in marriage
- Zealandic: man — male partner in marriage
- Zealandic: vent — male partner in marriage
- Zhuang: boh — male partner in marriage
- Zulu: umyeni — male partner in marriage
- Zulu: indoda — male partner in marriage
- Zulu: umkhwenyana — male partner in marriage
- ǃXóõ: tâa a̰a — male partner in marriage
- Lithuanian: pagalvėlė — cushion
- Czech: dobře hospodařit — to economise
- Danish: spare på — to economise
- Finnish: hoitaa säästäväisesti — to economise
- Finnish: säästää — to economise
- Galician: gobernar — to economise
- Swedish: hushålla med — to economise
- Arabic: زَوْج (zawj) — to conserve
- Dutch: zuinig beheren — to conserve
- French: ménager — to conserve
- Greek: διαχειρίζομαι (diacheirízomai) — to conserve
- Ido: sparar — to conserve
- Italian: dosare — to conserve
- Māori: whakamoamoa — to conserve
- Norwegian: bevare — to conserve
- Persian: شوهر (šuhar) — to conserve
- Portuguese: economizar — to conserve
- Portuguese: poupar — to conserve
- Portuguese: conservar — to conserve
- Romanian: păstra — to conserve
- Romanian: conserva — to conserve
- Spanish: ahorrar — to conserve
- Spanish: manejar con economía — to conserve
- Telugu: పోషణ (pōṣaṇa) — to conserve
- Turkish: korumak — to conserve
- Turkish: özenle kullanmak — to conserve
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