marital

marital

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French marital, and its source, Latin marītālis, from marītus (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɹɪtəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪtəl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

marital (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to marriage.
2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a husband.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with martial.

Derived terms

• extramarital
• have marital relations
• intermarital
• intramarital
• marital aid
• marital duties
• marital embrace
• maritally
• marital rape
• marital rapist
• marital status
• nonmarital
• postmarital

 

Related terms

• matrimonial

Translations

pertaining to marriage

Belarusian: шлю́бны (šljúbny) Bulgarian: бра́чен (bg) (bráčen), съпру́жески (bg) (sǎprúžeski) Catalan: marital (ca) Czech: manželský (cs) Finnish: avio-, aviollinen (fi) French: matrimonial (fr) German: ehelich (de) Greek: συζυγικός (el) (syzygikós) Ancient: γαμικός (gamikós) Latin: marītālis Norwegian: Bokmål: ekteskapelig Polish: małżeński (pl) Russian: бра́чный (ru) (bráčnyj), супру́жеский (ru) (suprúžeskij) (of spouses) Serbo-Croatian: supružanski Slovak: manželský Ukrainian: подру́жній (podrúžnij), шлю́бний (šljúbnyj)

See also

• conjugal
• spousal

Anagrams

• Martial, mail art, martial

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.tal/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

marital (feminine maritale, masculine plural maritaux, feminine plural maritales)

1. marital

Further reading

• “marital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾiˈtaw/ [ma.ɾiˈtaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈtal/ [mɐ.ɾiˈtaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

Adjective

marital m or f (plural maritais, not comparable)

1. marital

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Romanian

Etymology

From French marital, from Latin maritalis.

Adjective

marital m or n (feminine singular maritală, masculine plural maritali, feminine and neuter plural maritale)

1. marital

Declension

Declension of marital

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	marital		maritală	maritali	maritale
	definite	maritalul		maritala	maritalii	maritalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	marital		maritale	maritali	maritale
	definite	maritalului		maritalei	maritalilor	maritalelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾiˈtal/ [ma.ɾiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧tal

Adjective

marital (plural maritales)

1. marital

Derived terms

• maritalmente

Further reading

• “marital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014