épouse
French, noun
épouse is spelled É-P-O-U-S-E (6 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épouse is a French feminine noun meaning “female spouse, wife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of épouser. With an accent, épousé is a different word: “past participle of épouser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme, dans le mariage”.
What does épouse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale spouse, wife
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of épouser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme, dans le mariage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of épouse
- épouses plural
- époux masculine
- épousée feminine
- épousés masculine plural
- épousées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to épouse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épouse in French?
épouse appears 38 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).