adjective · rare

connubial

connubial · more connubial · most connubial

Of or relating to the state of being marriedOf or relating to the state of being married.

UK/kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/US/kəˈnu.bi.əl/

Meaning

1 senses

Of or relating to the state of being married.

More definitions

of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

Origin

1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiāli

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”).

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