"connubial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/ Forms: more connubial [comparative], most connubial [superlative]
Etymology: 1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|connūbiālis}} Latin connūbiālis, {{der|en|ine-pro|*sneubho-||to marry, to wed}} Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} connubial (comparative more connubial, superlative most connubial)
  1. Of or relating to the state of being married. Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: conjugal Derived forms: connubialism, connubiality, connubially, nonconnubial, postconnubial, preconnubial, unconnubial Related terms: nubile, nuptial, nuptials
    Sense id: en-connubial-en-adj-frOw05Mc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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