different between marital vs connubial

English

Etymology

From Middle French marital, and its source, Latin maritalis, from maritus (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ma??t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæ??t?l/

Adjective

marital (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

Not to be confused with martial.

Derived terms

Related terms

• matrimonial

Translations

See also

• conjugal
• spousal

Anagrams

• Martial, mail art, martial

French

Adjective

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

1. marital

Further reading

• “marital” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aw

Adjective

marital m or f (plural maritais, not comparable)

1. marital

Romanian

Etymology

From French marital, from Latin maritalis.

Adjective

marital m or n (feminine singular marital?, masculine plural maritali, feminine and neuter plural maritale)

1. marital

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

marital (plural maritales)

1. marital

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)

1. 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)

1. connubial