married

English

Etymology

marry + -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæɹiːd/

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Adjective

married (not comparable)

1. In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
2. (figuratively) Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse

   married to one's work.

Synonyms

• (in a state of marriage): wed, wedded

Antonyms

• (in a state of marriage): single, unmarried

Translations

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband

• Afrikaans: getroud (af)
• Arabic: متزوج (ar) (mutazawwij) m, متأهل (ar) (muta'ahhil) m
• Belarusian: ажэнены (be) (ažéneny) m, жанаты (be) (žanáty) m (of men), замужняя (be) (zamúžnjaja) f, замужам (be) (zámužam) (of women)
• Bulgarian: женен (bg) (ženen) m (of men), оженен (bg) (oženen) m (of men), омъжена (bg) (omǎžena) f (of women)
• Burmese: အို (my) (o)
• Chamicuro: ilya'lan kati
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 已婚 (cmn) (yǐhūn); (verb) 結婚了 (cmn), 结婚了 (cmn) (jiéhūn le)

• Czech: ženatý (cs) m, vdaná (cs) f
• Danish: gift (da)
• Dutch: getrouwd (nl)
• Faroese: giftur (fo)
• Finnish: nainut, naimisissa oleva, vihitty (fi)
• French: marié (fr) m, épousé (fr) m

  Old French: marié

• Georgian: გაუთხოვარი (ka) (gaut’xovari), გასათხოვარი (ka) (gasat’xovari), გათხოვილი (ka) (gat’xovili)
• German: verheiratet (de)
• Greek: παντρεμένος (el) (pantreménos)
• Hebrew: נשוי (he) (nasúi)
• Hindi: शादीशुदा (hi) (śādīśudā), शादी-शुदा (hi) (śādī-śudā)
• Ido: mariajita (io)
• Irish: pósta (ga)
• Italian: sposato (it), coniugato (it)

• Japanese: (verb) 結婚している (ja) (kekkon-shite iru)
• Latin: uxōrātus (la), nūptus (la)
• Macedonian: женет (mk) (žénet) m, оженет (mk) (óženet) m (of men) мажена (mk) (mážena) f, омажена (mk) (ómažena) f (of women)
• Norwegian: gift (no)
• Persian: متأهل (fa) (mote'ahhel), عروسی‌کرده‌ (fa) ('arusi-karde), شوهردار (fa) (šohardâr)
• Polish: (man) żonaty (pl) m, (woman) zamężna (pl) f
• Portuguese: casado (pt)
• Russian: женатый (ru) (ženátyj) m (of men), замужняя (ru) (zamúžnjaja) f of women, замужем (ru) (zámužem) adv (of women)
• Scottish Gaelic: pòsda (gd), pòsta (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: ожењен (sh) m, oženjen (sh) m (of men), удата (sh) f, udata (sh) f (of women)
• Slovak: ženatý (sk) m (of men), vydatá (sk) f (of women)
• Slovene: poročen (sl)
• Spanish: casado (es)
• Swedish: gift (sv)
• Telugu: పెళ్ళైన (te) (peLLaina)
• Thai: แต่งงาน (th) (dtàeng ngaan)
• Turkish: evli (tr)
• Ukrainian: одружений (uk) (odrúženyj) m (of men), заміжня (uk) (zamížnja) f (of men)
• Urdu: شادی شدہ (ur) (śādī śudā)
• Vietnamese: kết hôn (vi), thành lập gia đình (vi), cưới (vi), (male) có vợ (vi), (male) đã lấy vợ (vi), (female) có chồng (vi)
• Yiddish: חתונה־געהאַט (yi) (khasene-gehat)

showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse

Verb

married

1. simple past tense and past participle of marry

Noun

married (plural marrieds)

1. A married person.
   • 2001, Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help (page 11)

     A perfect example is life insurance. Most people starting out don't need it; you should only insure what you can't afford to lose or replace, and singles or young marrieds without a lot of assets frequently don't require coverage.

   My plan is to wait to have sex until i'm married.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: quiet · exclaimed · regard · #700: married · slowly · silence · afterwards

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