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married

adj · noun · verb · 7 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
  • /ˈmæɹ.id/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈmɛɹ.id/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • US: Mmmm Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æɹɪd
  • rhymes with -æɹid
  • rhymes with -ɛɹid
  • CMU ARPABET: M EH1 R IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Are you married or single?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: autem, wed, wedded

Antonyms: single, unmarried

2

adj

Meaning 2

Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse; strongly committed or attached to something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • married to one's work
  • married to an idea
  • Yes, I drafted the business proposal, but I'm not married to it, so it's okay if the board doesn't approve it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A married person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of marry

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • My mom got married to her childhood sweetheart.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

joined in matrimony

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a married man
  • a married couple

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unmarried

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to the state of marriage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • marital status
  • marital fidelity
  • married bliss

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marital, matrimonial

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a person who is married

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we invited several young marrieds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: getroud — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Albanian: martuar — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Southern Altai: ӱйлӱ (üylü) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Southern Altai: кадытту (kadïttu) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Arabic: مُتَزَوِّج (mutazawwij) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Arabic: مُتَأَهِّل (mutaʔahhil) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Arabic: متجوّز (mitgawwiz) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Arabic: مِتْزَوِّج (mitzawwij) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܓ݂ܵܐ (mzāwḡā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܲܓ݂ܬܵܐ (mzāwaḡtā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (gḇīrā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Armenian: ամուսնացած (amusnacʻac) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Asturian: casáu — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Azerbaijani: evli — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Belarusian: жана́ты (žanáty) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Belarusian: заму́жняя (zamúžnjaja) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Bengali: বিবাহিত (bibahito) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Bulgarian: же́нен (žénen) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Bulgarian: омъ́жена (omǎ́žena) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Burmese: အို (ui) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Catalan: casat — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Chamicuro: ilya'lan kati — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Chinese Cantonese: 結咗婚 /结咗婚 — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Chinese Mandarin: 已婚 (yǐhūn) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結婚了 /结婚了 (jiéhūn le) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Czech: ženatý — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Danish: gift — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Dutch: getrouwd — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Esperanto: edziĝinta — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Esperanto: geedziĝinta — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Estonian: abielus — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Faroese: giftur — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Finnish: naimisissa — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Finnish: nainut — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Finnish: vihitty — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Galician: casado — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Georgian: დაქორწინებული (dakorc̣inebuli) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Georgian: ცოლიანი (coliani) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Georgian: გათხოვილი (gatxovili) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • German: verheiratet — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Greek: παντρεμένος (pantreménos) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Greek: υπανδρεμένος (ypandreménos) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Ancient Greek: γᾰμημένος (gămēménos) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Hebrew: נָשׂוּי (nasúy) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Hindi: विवाहित (vivāhit) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Hindi: विवाहिता (vivāhitā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Hindi: शादीशुदा (śādīśudā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Hungarian: házas — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Icelandic: giftur — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Ido: mariajita — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Irish: pósta — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Italian: sposato — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Italian: coniugato — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Japanese: 結婚している (kekkon shite iru) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Kazakh: үйленген (üileñen) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Khmer: រៀបការ (riəp kaa) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: zewicî — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: bijin — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: bimêr — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: bimal — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Kyrgyz: үйлөнгөн (üylöngön) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Lao: ແຕ່ງງານ (tǣng ngān) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Latin: uxōrātus — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Latin: nūptus — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Latin: marītus — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Latvian: precējies — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Latvian: precējusies — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Lithuanian: vedęs — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Lithuanian: ištekėjusi — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Macedonian: оженет (oženet) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Macedonian: женет (ženet) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Macedonian: омажена (omažena) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Māori: mārena — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Mongolian: гэрлэсэн (gerlesen) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gift — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Iranian Persian: مُتَأَهِّل (mota'ahhel) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Iranian Persian: عَروسیکَرْدِه (arusi-karde) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Iranian Persian: اِزْدِواجکَرْدِه (ezdevâj-karde) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Portuguese: casado — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Punjabi: ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ (viāhiā hoiā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Punjabi: ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਵਰਿਆ (viāhiā variā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Romanian: căsătorit — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Romanian: însurat — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Russian: жена́тый (ženátyj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Russian: заму́жняя (zamúžnjaja) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Scottish Gaelic: pòsda — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Scottish Gaelic: pòsta — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: ожењен — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: oženjen — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Slovak: ženatý — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Slovene: poročen — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Spanish: casado — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Swedish: gift — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Tagalog: kasal — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Tajik: оиладор (oyilador) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Tajik: зандор (zandor) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Tajik: мутааҳҳил (mutaahhil) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Tajik: шавҳардор (šavhardor) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Tatar: өйләнгән (öylängän) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Telugu: పెళ్ళైన (peḷḷaina) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Thai: แต่งงาน (dtɛ̀ng-ngaan) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Thai: สมรส (sǒm-rót) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Turkish: evli — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Turkmen: öýlenen — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Ukrainian: жона́тий (žonátyj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Ukrainian: замі́жня (zamížnja) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Ukrainian: заму́жня (zamúžnja) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Ukrainian: одру́жений (odrúženyj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Urdu: شادی شُدَہ (śādī śuda) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Uyghur: نىكاھلانغان (nikahlan'ghan) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Uyghur: ئۆيلەنگەن (öylen'gen) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Uzbek: uylangan — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Uzbek: xotinli — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Vietnamese: kết hôn — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Vietnamese: thành lập gia đình — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Vietnamese: cưới — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Vietnamese: có vợ — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Vietnamese: đã lấy vợ — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Vietnamese: có chồng — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Yiddish: חתונה־געהאַט (khasene-gehat) — in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
  • Arabic: مُتَزَوِّجَة (mutazawwija) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܲܓ݂ܬܵܐ (mzāwaḡtā) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܒ݂ܝܼܪܬܵܐ (gḇīrtā) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Belarusian: заму́жняя (zamúžnjaja) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Bulgarian: омъ́жена (omǎ́žena) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Carpathian Rusyn: оддата́ (oddatá) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Czech: vdaná — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • French: mariée — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Georgian: გათხოვილი (gatxovili) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Georgian: ქმრიანი (kmriani) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰 (ufwaira) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Greek: παντρεμένη (pantreméni) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Ancient Greek: ὕπανδρος (húpandros) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Hindi: विवाहिता (vivāhitā) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Hungarian: férjezett — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Hungarian: férjes — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Italian: sposata — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: şûkirî — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: bimêr — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: zewicî — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Northern Kurdish: bimal — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Latvian: precējusies — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Lithuanian: ištekėjusi — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Macedonian: мажена (mažena) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Macedonian: омажена (omažena) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Iranian Persian: شُوْهَرْدار (šowhardâr) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Polish: zamężna — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Polish: zamężny — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Romanian: căsătorită — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Russian: заму́жняя (zamúžnjaja) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Russian: за́мужем (zámužem) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: удата — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Serbo-Croatian: udata — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Slovak: vydatá — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Slovene: poročena — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Slovene: omožena — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Tajik: шавҳардор (šavhardor) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Tajik: шӯдорӣ (šüdori) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Ukrainian: замі́жня (zamížnja) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Ukrainian: одру́жена (odrúžena) — in a state of marriage; having a husband
  • Arabic: مُتَزَوِّج (mutazawwij) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܓ݂ܵܐ (mzāwḡā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (gḇīrā) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Belarusian: ажэ́нены (ažénjeny) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Belarusian: жана́ты (žanáty) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Bulgarian: же́нен m оже́нен (žénen) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Carpathian Rusyn: жена́тый (ženátŷj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Czech: ženatý — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • French: marié — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Georgian: დაქორწინებული (dakorc̣inebuli) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Georgian: ცოლიანი (coliani) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌸𐍃 — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Greek: παντρεμένος (pantreménos) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Hindi: विवाहित (vivāhit) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Hungarian: nős — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Ingrian: naiselikas — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Ingrian: naiselliin — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Ingrian: naisikas — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Italian: sposato — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Northern Kurdish: bijin — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Northern Kurdish: zewicî — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Northern Kurdish: bimal — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Macedonian: женет (ženet) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Macedonian: оженет (oženet) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Iranian Persian: زَن دار (zan dâr) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Polish: żonaty — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Polish: żonata — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Russian: жена́тый (ženátyj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: ожењен — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: oženjen — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Slovak: ženatý — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Tajik: зандор (zandor) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Tajik: хонадор (xonador) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Ukrainian: одру́жений (odrúženyj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
  • Ukrainian: жона́тий (žonátyj) — in a state of marriage; having a wife
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