English Explanatory Dictionary

connubial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the state of being married.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/ /kəˈnu.bi.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-TurtleMedicine-connubial.wav

Word forms

connubial more connubial most connubial

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 *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”).

Synonyms

conjugal

Related words

nubile nuptial nuptials

Derived words

connubialism connubiality connubially nonconnubial postconnubial preconnubial unconnubial
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