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conjugal

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/
  • US: /kənˈd͡ʒuːɡəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N JH AH0 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • connubial bliss
  • conjugal visits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: connubial

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: брачен (bračen) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Bulgarian: съпружески (sǎpružeski) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Catalan: conjugal — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Chinese Cantonese: 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 (fūqī zhī jiān de) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Cornish: priosel — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Czech: manželský — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Dutch: echtelijk — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Esperanto: edzeca — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Finnish: aviollinen — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • French: conjugal — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • German: eheähnlich — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Greek: συζυγικός (syzygikós) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Hungarian: házastársi — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Latin: coniugālis — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Polish: małżeński — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Portuguese: conjugal — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Russian: бра́чный (bráčnyj) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Russian: супру́жеский (suprúžeskij) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Spanish: conyugal — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Spanish: conjugal (disused) — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Swedish: äktenskaplig — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses
  • Turkish: evlilik ile ilgili — of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses