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connubial

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/
  • General-American: /kəˈnu.bi.əl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the state of being married.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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: conjugal

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

in a conjugal manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conjugally

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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”).