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

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 congress
• marital duties
• marital embrace
• maritally
• marital rape
• marital rapist
• marital separation
• 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)

• 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]
• 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, 2024
• “marital” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.tal/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marital, from Latin maritalis.

Adjective

marital m or n (feminine singular maritală, masculine plural maritali, feminine and 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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28