Meanings
alternative conjugial
- not comparableOf or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
"Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189Synonyms: connubial
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinconiugālis“con- + iugum ('yoke')”
- Middle Frenchconjugal
- Englishconjugal
From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian брачен, съпружески
- брачен (bračen)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
- съпружески (săpružeski)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Catalan conjugal
- conjugalof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Chinese Cantonese 夫妻之間嘅 /夫妻之间嘅
- 夫妻之間嘅 /夫妻之间嘅 (fu¹ cai¹ zi¹ gaan¹ ge³)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Chinese Mandarin 夫妻之間的 /夫妻之间的
- 夫妻之間的 /夫妻之间的 (fūqī zhī jiān de)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Czech manželský
- manželskýof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Dutch echtelijk
- echtelijkof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Esperanto edzeca
- edzecaof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Finnish aviollinen
- aviollinenof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
French conjugal
- conjugalof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
German eheähnlich
- eheähnlichof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Greek συζυγικός
- συζυγικός (syzygikós)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Hungarian házastársi
- házastársiof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Latin coniugālis
- coniugālisof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Polish małżeński
- małżeńskiof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Portuguese conjugal
- conjugalof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Russian бра́чный, супру́жеский
- бра́чный (bráčnyj)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
- супру́жеский (suprúžeskij)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Spanish conyugal, conjugal (disused)
- conyugalof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
- conjugal (disused)of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Swedish äktenskaplig
- äktenskapligof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Turkish evlilik ile ilgili
- evlilik ile ilgiliof, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
Cite this entry
conjugal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjugal
“conjugal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjugal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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