sponso

French

Etymology

Clipping of sponsorisation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔ̃n.so/

Noun

sponso f (plural sponsos)

1. (colloquial) sponsorship
2. (colloquial) an advert presenting a sponsor

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspon.so/

Noun

sponso (plural sponsos)

1. newlywed
2. bridegroom
3. husband
4. spouse

Synonyms

• (all senses) sposo
• (husband) marito

Latin

Etymology 1

Either from spondeō +‎ -tō (forming frequentatives) or spōnsus/spōnsa (“bridegroom/bride”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspõː.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspɔn.so]

Verb

spōnsō (present infinitive spōnsāre, perfect active spōnsāvī, supine spōnsātum); first conjugation

1. to betroth

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spōnsō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	spōnsō		spōnsās		spōnsat		spōnsāmus		spōnsātis		spōnsant
	imperfect	spōnsābam		spōnsābās		spōnsābat		spōnsābāmus		spōnsābātis		spōnsābant
	future	spōnsābō		spōnsābis		spōnsābit		spōnsābimus		spōnsābitis		spōnsābunt
	perfect	spōnsāvī		spōnsāvistī		spōnsāvit		spōnsāvimus		spōnsāvistis		spōnsāvērunt, spōnsāvēre
	pluperfect	spōnsāveram		spōnsāverās		spōnsāverat		spōnsāverāmus		spōnsāverātis		spōnsāverant
	future perfect	spōnsāverō		spōnsāveris		spōnsāverit		spōnsāverimus		spōnsāveritis		spōnsāverint
passive	present	spōnsor		spōnsāris, spōnsāre		spōnsātur		spōnsāmur		spōnsāminī		spōnsantur
	imperfect	spōnsābar		spōnsābāris, spōnsābāre		spōnsābātur		spōnsābāmur		spōnsābāminī		spōnsābantur
	future	spōnsābor		spōnsāberis, spōnsābere		spōnsābitur		spōnsābimur		spōnsābiminī		spōnsābuntur
	perfect	spōnsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spōnsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spōnsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	spōnsem		spōnsēs		spōnset		spōnsēmus		spōnsētis		spōnsent
	imperfect	spōnsārem		spōnsārēs		spōnsāret		spōnsārēmus		spōnsārētis		spōnsārent
	perfect	spōnsāverim		spōnsāverīs		spōnsāverit		spōnsāverīmus		spōnsāverītis		spōnsāverint
	pluperfect	spōnsāvissem		spōnsāvissēs		spōnsāvisset		spōnsāvissēmus		spōnsāvissētis		spōnsāvissent
passive	present	spōnser		spōnsēris, spōnsēre		spōnsētur		spōnsēmur		spōnsēminī		spōnsentur
	imperfect	spōnsārer		spōnsārēris, spōnsārēre		spōnsārētur		spōnsārēmur		spōnsārēminī		spōnsārentur
	perfect	spōnsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spōnsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		spōnsā		—		—		spōnsāte		—
	future	—		spōnsātō		spōnsātō		—		spōnsātōte		spōnsantō
passive	present	—		spōnsāre		—		—		spōnsāminī		—
	future	—		spōnsātor		spōnsātor		—		—		spōnsantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		spōnsāre			spōnsārī			spōnsāns			—
future		spōnsātūrum esse			spōnsātum īrī			spōnsātūrus			spōnsandus
perfect		spōnsāvisse			spōnsātum esse			—			spōnsātus
future perfect		—			spōnsātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		spōnsātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		spōnsandī		spōnsandō		spōnsandum		spōnsandō		spōnsātum		spōnsātū

Derived terms

• despōnsō

Related terms

• sponsa
• sponsus

Descendants

• Asturian: esposar
• Catalan: esposar
• Friulian: sposâ
• Italian: sposare
• Lombard: sposà
• Occitan: esposar
• Old French: espouser
  • Middle French: espouser
    • French: épouser
  • Walloon: spozer
  • → Middle English: espousen
    • English: to espouse
• Piedmontese: sposé
• Portuguese: esposar
• Ladino: espozar
• Sardinian: isposai, isposare, sposai, ippusà
• Sicilian: spusari
• Venetan: spoxar

Etymology 2

Noun

spōnsō

1. dative/ablative singular of spōnsus

Etymology 3

Verb

spōnsō

1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of spondeō

Usage notes

See explanation at spondeō.

References

• “sponso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sponso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.