premarital

premarital

English

Alternative forms

• præmarital (archaic)

Etymology

pre- +‎ marital

Adjective

premarital (not comparable)

1. Before marriage; before getting married.

   Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.

Synonyms

• prenuptial
• antenuptial

Translations

before one’s marriage

Catalan: prematrimonial Czech: předmanželský m Danish: førægteskabelig Finnish: esiaviollinen (fi) German: vorehelich Italian: prematrimoniale

Polish: przedmałżeński (pl) m Portuguese: pré-nupcial, premarital, prematrimonial Russian: предбра́чный (ru) (predbráčnyj), добра́чный (ru) (dobráčnyj) Spanish: premarital Swedish: föräktenskaplig

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Portuguese

Adjective

premarital m or f (plural premaritais, comparable)

1. premarital (before one’s marriage)

Synonyms

• pré-nupcial, prematrimonial