marier

See also: marïer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French marier, from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ʁje/
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Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Homophones: mariai, marié, mariée, mariées, mariés, mariez

Verb

marier

(transitive) to marry, to marry off; to perform or cause the marriage of
Le duc a marié sa fille au prince héritier.
The duke married his daughter off to the crown prince.

J'ai une amie notaire; elle va nous marier.
I have a friend who is a notary; she will marry us (=officiate at our wedding).
(transitive, colloquial or Belgium) to wed, to marry (one's spouse)
Synonym: épouser
(reflexive, se marier) to get married, to wed
Mes voisins vont se marier demain.
My neighbours are getting married tomorrow.

Il s'est marié avec son copain de longue date.
He married his longtime boyfriend.
to put things together to advantage (because of suitable colours, flavours, etc.); to combine things that go well together

Conjugation

Conjugation of marier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	marier
present participle or gerund¹	simple	mariant /ma.ʁjɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		marié /ma.ʁje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marie /ma.ʁi/	maries /ma.ʁi/	marie /ma.ʁi/	marions /ma.ʁjɔ̃/	mariez /ma.ʁje/	marient /ma.ʁi/
	imperfect	mariais /ma.ʁjɛ/	mariais /ma.ʁjɛ/	mariait /ma.ʁjɛ/	mariions /ma.ʁi.jɔ̃/	mariiez /ma.ʁi.je/	mariaient /ma.ʁjɛ/
	past historic²	mariai /ma.ʁje/	marias /ma.ʁja/	maria /ma.ʁja/	mariâmes /ma.ʁjam/	mariâtes /ma.ʁjat/	marièrent /ma.ʁjɛʁ/
	future	marierai /ma.ʁi.ʁe/	marieras /ma.ʁi.ʁa/	mariera /ma.ʁi.ʁa/	marierons /ma.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	marierez /ma.ʁi.ʁe/	marieront /ma.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marierais /ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/	marierais /ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/	marierait /ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/	marierions /ma.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	marieriez /ma.ʁi.ʁje/	marieraient /ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	marie /ma.ʁi/	maries /ma.ʁi/	marie /ma.ʁi/	mariions /ma.ʁi.jɔ̃/	mariiez /ma.ʁi.je/	marient /ma.ʁi/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	mariasse /ma.ʁjas/	mariasses /ma.ʁjas/	mariât /ma.ʁja/	mariassions /ma.ʁja.sjɔ̃/	mariassiez /ma.ʁja.sje/	mariassent /ma.ʁjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	marie /ma.ʁi/	—	marions /ma.ʁjɔ̃/	mariez /ma.ʁje/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of se marier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	s'être + past participle
infinitive	simple	se marier
present participle or gerund¹	simple	se mariant /sə ma.ʁjɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		marié /ma.ʁje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me marie /mə ma.ʁi/	te maries /tə ma.ʁi/	se marie /sə ma.ʁi/	nous marions /nu ma.ʁjɔ̃/	vous mariez /vu ma.ʁje/	se marient /sə ma.ʁi/
	imperfect	me mariais /mə ma.ʁjɛ/	te mariais /tə ma.ʁjɛ/	se mariait /sə ma.ʁjɛ/	nous mariions /nu ma.ʁi.jɔ̃/	vous mariiez /vu ma.ʁi.je/	se mariaient /sə ma.ʁjɛ/
	past historic²	me mariai /mə ma.ʁje/	te marias /tə ma.ʁja/	se maria /sə ma.ʁja/	nous mariâmes /nu ma.ʁjam/	vous mariâtes /vu ma.ʁjat/	se marièrent /sə ma.ʁjɛʁ/
	future	me marierai /mə ma.ʁi.ʁe/	te marieras /tə ma.ʁi.ʁa/	se mariera /sə ma.ʁi.ʁa/	nous marierons /nu ma.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	vous marierez /vu ma.ʁi.ʁe/	se marieront /sə ma.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me marierais /mə ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/	te marierais /tə ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/	se marierait /sə ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/	nous marierions /nu ma.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	vous marieriez /vu ma.ʁi.ʁje/	se marieraient /sə ma.ʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me marie /mə ma.ʁi/	te maries /tə ma.ʁi/	se marie /sə ma.ʁi/	nous mariions /nu ma.ʁi.jɔ̃/	vous mariiez /vu ma.ʁi.je/	se marient /sə ma.ʁi/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	me mariasse /mə ma.ʁjas/	te mariasses /tə ma.ʁjas/	se mariât /sə ma.ʁja/	nous mariassions /nu ma.ʁja.sjɔ̃/	vous mariassiez /vu ma.ʁja.sje/	se mariassent /sə ma.ʁjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	marie-toi /ma.ʁi.twa/	—	marions-nous /ma.ʁjɔ̃.nu/	mariez-vous /ma.ʁje.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Related terms

mari

Descendants

Haitian Creole: marye

Anagrams

amerri, arrime, arrimé, mirera, ramier, rimera

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French marier.

Verb

marier

to marry
(reflexive, se marier) to get married

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of marier

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	marier
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	mariant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		marié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marie	maries	marie	marions	mariez	marient
	imperfect	mariois, marioys	mariois, marioys	marioit, marioyt	mariions, mariyons	mariiez, mariyez	marioient, marioyent
	past historic	maria	marias	maria	mariasmes	mariastes	marierent
	future	marierai, marieray	marieras	mariera	marierons	marierez	marieront
	conditional	marierois, marieroys	marierois, marieroys	marieroit, marieroyt	marierions, marieryons	marieriez, marieryez	marieroient, marieroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	marie	maries	marie	marions	mariez	marient
(simple tenses)	imperfect	mariasse	mariasses	mariast	mariassions	mariassiez	mariassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	marie	—	marions	mariez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
² The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

French: marier

Old French

Alternative forms

marïer (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin marītāre.

Verb

marier

to marry
(reflexive, se marier) to get married

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of marier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		marier			avoir marïé
gerund		en mariant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mariant
past participle		marïé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mari	marïes	marïe	marions	marïez	marïent
	imperfect	marioie, marïeie, marioe, marïeve	marioies, marïeies, marioes, marïeves	marioit, marïeit, mariot, marïeve	mariiiens, mariiens	mariiiez, mariiez	marioient, marïeient, marioent, marïevent
	preterite	mariai	marias	maria	mariames	mariastes	marïerent
	future	marïerai	marïeras	marïera	marïerons	marïeroiz, marïereiz, marïerez	marïeront
	conditional	marïeroie, marïereie	marïeroies, marïereies	marïeroit, marïereit	marïeriiens, marïeriens	marïeriiez, marïeriez	marïeroient, marïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mari	maris	marit	marions	marïez	marïent
simple tenses	imperfect	mariasse	mariasses	mariast	mariissons, mariissiens	mariissoiz, mariissez, mariissiez	mariassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	marïe	—	marions	marïez	—

Descendants

Middle English: marien
- English: marry
Middle French: marier
- French: marier
Norman: mathier
Walloon: maryî

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