connubial

English

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)[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/

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

References
  1. “connubial” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Spanish

Adjective

connubial (plural connubiales)

  1. connubial
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