conjugal

English

Alternative forms

• conjugial (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/, /kənˈd͡ʒuːɡəl/

Adjective

conjugal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189:

     "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"

Synonyms

• (pertaining to marriage): connubial

Derived terms

• conjugality
• conjugally
• conjugal rights
• conjugal rite
• conjugal visit
• conjugal visitation
• extraconjugal
• nonconjugal
• unconjugal

Related terms

• conjugate (adj)

Translations

of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses

• Bulgarian: брачен (bg) (bračen), съпружески (bg) (sǎpružeski)
• Catalan: conjugal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 夫妻之間嘅 / 夫妻之间嘅 (fu¹ cai¹ zi¹ gaan¹ ge³)

  Mandarin: 夫妻之間的 / 夫妻之间的 (fūqī zhī jiān de)

• Cornish: priosel
• Czech: manželský (cs)
• Dutch: echtelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: edzeca
• Finnish: aviollinen (fi)
• French: conjugal (fr)
• German: eheähnlich
• Greek: συζυγικός (el) (syzygikós)
• Hungarian: házastársi (hu)
• Latin: coniugālis
• Polish: małżeński (pl)
• Portuguese: conjugal (pt)
• Russian: бра́чный (ru) (bráčnyj), супру́жеский (ru) (suprúžeskij)
• Spanish: conyugal (es), conjugal (disused)
• Swedish: äktenskaplig (sv)
• Turkish: evlilik ile ilgili

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kuɲ.ʒuˈɣal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [koɲ.ʒuˈɣal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɲ.d͡ʒuˈɣal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugals)

1. conjugal

Related terms

• cònjuge

Further reading

• “conjugal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “conjugal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “conjugal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “conjugal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal/

Adjective

conjugal (feminine conjugale, masculine plural conjugaux, feminine plural conjugales)

1. conjugal

Derived terms

• viol conjugal
• violence conjugale

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis, from coniux, from con- (“together”) + iugum (“yoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒuˈɡaw/ [kõ.ʒuˈɡaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒuˈɡal/ [kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒuˈɡal/ [kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒuˈɡa.li/ [kõ.ʒuˈɣa.li]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: con‧ju‧gal

Adjective

conjugal m or f (plural conjugais, not comparable)

1. conjugal (of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses)

Derived terms

• conjugalmente

Related terms

• cônjuge
• conjugar
• conjugado

Further reading

• “conjugal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conjugal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conjugal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ʒuˈɡal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

conjugal m or n (feminine singular conjugală, masculine plural conjugali, feminine/neuter plural conjugale)

1. conjugal

Declension

Declension of conjugal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	conjugal		conjugală	conjugali	conjugale
	definite	conjugalul		conjugala	conjugalii	conjugalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	conjugal		conjugale	conjugali	conjugale
	definite	conjugalului		conjugalei	conjugalilor	conjugalelor

Spanish

Adjective

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugales)

1. obsolete spelling of conyugal

Derived terms

• conjugalmente

Further reading

• “conjugal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025