connubial

English

Etymology

1650s, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/

Adjective

connubial (comparative more connubial, superlative most connubial)

1. Of or relating to the state of being married.

Usage notes

Particularly used in fixed phrases, such as “connubial bliss”, “connubial love”, “connubial relations”, and “connubial bed”.

Synonyms

• conjugal

Related terms

• nubile
• nuptial, nuptials

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Spanish

Adjective

connubial m or f (masculine and feminine plural connubiales)

1. connubial