premarital

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adjective

Before marriage; before getting married.

“Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.”

Similar
antemaritalantenuptialprenuptial
OriginEnglish marital ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepremarital (not comparable)

alternative præmarital

  1. not comparableBefore marriage; before getting married.

    Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.

    Synonyms: antemarital, antenuptial, prenuptial

nounpremarital (uncountable)

alternative præmarital

  1. abbreviationellipsisslanguncountableEllipsis of premarital sex.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBefore marriage; before getting married.

Similar
antemaritalantenuptialprenuptial

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverelating to events before a marriage

Similar
prenuptialantenuptial
Also see
antenuptialpreceremonialprenuptial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishmarital
  10. Englishpremarital

From pre- + marital.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian предбрачен
  • предбрачен (predbračen)before one's marriage
Catalan prematrimonial
  • prematrimonialbefore one's marriage
Chinese 婚前的
  • 婚前的 (hūnqiándē)before one's marriage
Czech předmanželský
  • předmanželskýbefore one's marriage
Danish førægteskabelig
  • førægteskabeligbefore one's marriage
Dutch voorhuwelijks, voorechtelijk
  • voorhuwelijksbefore one's marriage
  • voorechtelijkbefore one's marriage
Esperanto aŭtaŭedziĝa
  • aŭtaŭedziĝabefore one's marriage
Finnish esiaviollinen
  • esiaviollinenbefore one's marriage
French prénuptial
  • prénuptialbefore one's marriage
German vorehelich
  • vorehelichbefore one's marriage
Greek προγαμιαίος
  • προγαμιαίος (progamiaíos)before one's marriage
Hungarian házasság előtti
  • házasság előttibefore one's marriage
Italian prematrimoniale
  • prematrimonialebefore one's marriage
Polish przedmałżeński
  • przedmałżeńskibefore one's marriage
Portuguese pré-nupcial, premarital
  • pré-nupcialbefore one's marriage
  • premaritalbefore one's marriage
  • prematrimonialbefore one's marriage
Russian предбра́чный, добра́чный
  • предбра́чный (predbráčnyj)before one's marriage
  • добра́чный (dobráčnyj)before one's marriage
Spanish premarital
  • premaritalbefore one's marriage
Swedish föräktenskaplig
  • föräktenskapligbefore one's marriage
Ukrainian дошлю́бний
  • дошлю́бний (došljúbnyj)before one's marriage
Cite this entry
APA

premarital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premarital

MLA

“premarital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premarital. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premarital,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premarital.

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