marital

Borrowed from Middle French marital, and its source, Latin marītālis, from marītus (“husband”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪtəl/

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marital (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to marriage.

   marital affairs

   marital bliss

   marital issues

   marital pleasure

   marital sex

2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a husband.

Not to be confused with martial.

• matrimonial

• conjugal
• spousal

• Martial, mail art, martial

Latin marītālis

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ɾiˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ɾiˈtal]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritals)

1. marital

• “marital”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “marital”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.tal/

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

1. marital

• “marital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

marital m or f (plural maritais, not comparable)

1. marital

Borrowed from French marital, from Latin maritalis.

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

1. marital

Latin marītālis

• IPA^(key): /maɾiˈtal/ [ma.ɾiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧tal

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritales)

1. marital

• “marital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024