marital

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French marital, and its source, Latin marītālis, from marītus (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪtəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

marital (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to marriage.

   marital affairs

   marital bliss

   marital issues

   marital pleasure

   marital sex

   marital status

   marital home

   marital rights

   They sought counseling for their marital problems.

2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a husband.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with martial.

Derived terms

• antemarital
• extramarital
• have marital relations
• intermarital
• intramarital
• marital aid
• marital congress
• marital duties
• marital embrace
• maritality
• maritally
• marital rape
• marital rapist
• marital separation
• marital status
• nonmarital
• postmarital
• premarital

Related terms

• matrimonial

Translations

pertaining to marriage

• Belarusian: шлю́бны (šljúbny)
• Bulgarian: бра́чен (bg) (bráčen), съпру́жески (bg) (sǎprúžeski)
• Catalan: marital (ca)
• Czech: manželský (cs)
• Finnish: avio-, aviollinen (fi)
• French: matrimonial (fr)
• German: ehelich (de)
• Greek: συζυγικός (el) (syzygikós)

  Ancient Greek: γαμικός (gamikós)

• Hungarian: házassági (hu)
• Latin: marītālis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekteskapelig

• Polish: małżeński (pl)
• Russian: бра́чный (ru) (bráčnyj), супру́жеский (ru) (suprúžeskij) (of spouses)
• Serbo-Croatian: supružanski
• Slovak: manželský
• Swedish: äktenskaplig (sv)
• Ukrainian: подру́жній (podrúžnij), шлю́бний (šljúbnyj)

See also

• conjugal
• spousal

Anagrams

• Martial, mail art, martial

Catalan

Etymology

Latin marītālis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ɾiˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ɾiˈtal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

Adjective

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritals)

1. marital

Derived terms

• maritalment

Further reading

• “marital”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “marital”, 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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.tal/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

marital (feminine maritale, masculine plural maritaux, feminine plural maritales)

1. marital

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾiˈtaw/ [ma.ɾiˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈtal/ [mɐ.ɾiˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈtal/ [mɐ.ɾiˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

Adjective

marital m or f (plural maritais, not comparable)

1. marital

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marital, from Latin maritalis.

Adjective

marital m or n (feminine singular maritală, masculine plural maritali, feminine/neuter plural maritale)

1. marital

Declension

Declension of marital

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	marital		maritală		maritali	maritale
	definite	maritalul		maritala		maritalii	maritalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	marital		maritale		maritali	maritale
	definite	maritalului		maritalei		maritalilor	maritalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Latin marītālis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾiˈtal/ [ma.ɾiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧tal

Adjective

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritales)

1. marital

Derived terms

• maritalmente

Further reading

• “marital”, 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