marital

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French marital, and its source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin maritalis, from maritus (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɹɪtəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪtəl/

Adjective

marital (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to marriage.
2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a husband.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with martial.

Derived terms

• extramarital
• have marital relations
• intermarital
• intramarital
• marital aid
• marital duties
• marital embrace
• maritally
• marital rape
• marital rapist
• marital status
• nonmarital
• postmarital

 

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: γαμικός (gamikós)

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• Latin: marītālis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekteskapelig

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

See also

• conjugal
• spousal

Anagrams

• Martial, mail art, martial

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French

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.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aw

Adjective

1. marital

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Spanish

Adjective

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritales)

1. marital