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connubial
English
Etymology
1650s, from Latin conn?bi?lis, from conn?bium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of c?n?bi?lis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from c?n?bium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /k??nju?.bi.?l/
Adjective
connubial (comparative more connubial, superlative most connubial)
- Of or relating to the state of being married.
Usage notes
Particularly used in fixed phrases, such as “connubial bliss”, “connubial love”, “connubial relations”, and “connubial bed”.
Synonyms
- conjugal
Related terms
- nubile
- nuptial, nuptials
References
Spanish
Adjective
connubial (plural connubiales)
- connubial
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nubile
English
Etymology
From French nubile, from Latin n?bilis (“marriageable”), from n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewb?- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nuba?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?nju?ba?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)
- Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable
- Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
- Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy
Usage notes
For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.
Derived terms
- nubility
Related terms
- connubial
- nuptial, nuptials
Translations
Noun
nubile (plural nubiles)
- A young sexually attractive woman.
Anagrams
- beluin, unible
French
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny.bil/
Adjective
nubile (plural nubiles)
- nubile
Further reading
- “nubile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nu.bi.le/
Adjective
nubile (plural nubili)
- unmarried
Noun
nubile f (plural nubili)
- unmarried woman
- spinster
Related terms
- nubilato
See also
- celibe
Latin
Adjective
n?bile
- vocative masculine singular of n?bilus
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