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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• Homophones: mariai, marié, mariée, mariées, mariés, mariez

Verb

marier

1. (transitive) to wed, to marry
2. (reflexive, se marier) to get married, to wed

   Ma voisine va se marier demain.

   My neighbour is getting married tomorrow.

Conjugation

Conjugation of marier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mariant /ma.ʁjɑ̃/
	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/
	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
	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).

Derived terms

• mariage

Related terms

• mari

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• amerri, arrime, arrimé, mirera, ramier, rimera

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French marier.

Verb

marier

1. to marry
2. (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	simple	marier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mariant
	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
	imperfect	mariasse	mariasses	mariast	mariassions	mariassiez	mariassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	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

See also

• espouser

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin marītāre, present active infinitive of marītō.

Verb

marier

1. to marry
2. (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
		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
	imperfect	mariasse	mariasses	mariast	mariissons, mariissiens	mariissoiz, mariissez, mariissiez	mariassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	marïe	—	marions	marïez	—

Descendants

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

See also

• espouser