Phrase guide

married couple

noun · 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

Two people who are married to each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

two people who are married to each other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his second marriage was happier than the first
  • a married couple without love

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marriage, man and wife

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: family, family unit

Narrower terms: mixed marriage

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ամուսնական զույգ (amusnakan zuyg) — two people who are married to each other
  • Azerbaijani: ər-arvad — two people who are married to each other
  • Belarusian: жанатая пара (žanataja para) — two people who are married to each other
  • Belarusian: сужэнцы (sužency) — two people who are married to each other
  • Belarusian: сямейная пара (sjamjejnaja para) — two people who are married to each other
  • Cebuano: magtiayon — two people who are married to each other
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夫婦 /夫妇 (fūfù) — two people who are married to each other
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夫妻 (fūqī) — two people who are married to each other
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夫夫 (fūfū) — two people who are married to each other
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妻妻 (qīqī) — two people who are married to each other
  • Czech: manželé — two people who are married to each other
  • Danish: ægtepar — two people who are married to each other
  • Dutch: echtpaar — two people who are married to each other
  • Finnish: aviopari — two people who are married to each other
  • French: couple marié — two people who are married to each other
  • German: Ehepaar — two people who are married to each other
  • Hungarian: házaspár — two people who are married to each other
  • Japanese: 夫婦 (fūfu) — two people who are married to each other
  • Japanese: 夫妻 (fusai) — two people who are married to each other
  • Japanese: 夫婦 (meoto) — two people who are married to each other
  • Korean: 부부 (bubu) — two people who are married to each other
  • Korean: 부처 (bucheo) — two people who are married to each other
  • Macedonian: брачна двојка (bračna dvojka) — two people who are married to each other
  • Macedonian: брачен пар (bračen par) — two people who are married to each other
  • Eastern Mari: марийже ден ватыже (marijže den vatyže) — two people who are married to each other
  • Nepali: जोइ पोइ (joi poi) — two people who are married to each other
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ektepar — two people who are married to each other
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ektepar — two people who are married to each other
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjon — two people who are married to each other
  • Polish: małżeństwo — two people who are married to each other
  • Portuguese: casal — two people who are married to each other
  • Romanian: cuplu căsătorit — two people who are married to each other
  • Romanian: pereche căsătorită — two people who are married to each other
  • Russian: супру́жеская па́ра (suprúžeskaja pára) — two people who are married to each other
  • Russian: супру́жеская чета́ (suprúžeskaja četá) — two people who are married to each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: bračni par — two people who are married to each other
  • Slovak: manželia — two people who are married to each other
  • Spanish: matrimonio — two people who are married to each other
  • Swahili: wanandoa — two people who are married to each other
  • Swedish: äkta par — two people who are married to each other
  • Tagalog: mag-asawa — two people who are married to each other
  • Tagalog: magkataling-puso — two people who are married to each other
  • Tausug: magtiyaun — two people who are married to each other
  • Turkish: karı koca — two people who are married to each other
  • Turkish: çift — two people who are married to each other
  • Ukrainian: подружжя (podružžja) — two people who are married to each other
  • Yiddish: פּאָרפֿאָלק (porfolk) — two people who are married to each other