Standard Lemma guide

unmarried

adj · noun · 3 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: /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
  • /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ʌnˈmɛɹ.id/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N M EH1 R IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no husband or wife.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: single, unhitched, unspoused, unwed

Antonyms: married

2

noun

Meaning 2

An unmarried person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not married or related to the unmarried state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unmarried men and women
  • unmarried life
  • sex and the single girl
  • single parenthood
  • are you married or single?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: single

Antonyms: married

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English married English unmarried From un- + married.

Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pamartuar — having no husband or wife
  • Armenian: չամուսնացած (čʻamusnacʻac) — having no husband or wife
  • Armenian: ամուրի (amuri) — having no husband or wife
  • Assamese: আবিয়ৈ (abioi) — having no husband or wife
  • Belarusian: нежана́ты (nježanáty) — having no husband or wife
  • Belarusian: незаму́жняя (njezamúžnjaja) — having no husband or wife
  • Bulgarian: неже́нен (nežénen) — having no husband or wife
  • Bulgarian: неомъ́жена (neomǎ́žena) — having no husband or wife
  • Catalan: solter — having no husband or wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨身 /独身 (dúshēn) — having no husband or wife
  • Czech: svobodný — having no husband or wife
  • Czech: neženatý — having no husband or wife
  • Czech: svobodná — having no husband or wife
  • Czech: nevdaná — having no husband or wife
  • Danish: ugift — having no husband or wife
  • Dutch: ongehuwd — having no husband or wife
  • Dutch: alleenstaand — having no husband or wife
  • Dutch: ongetrouwd — having no husband or wife
  • Finnish: naimaton — having no husband or wife
  • Finnish: vapaa — having no husband or wife
  • French: célibataire — having no husband or wife
  • Galician: solteiro — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: დაუქორწინებელი (daukorc̣inebeli) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: დაუოჯახებელი (dauoǯaxebeli) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: დასაოჯახებელი (dasaoǯaxebeli) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: უცოლო (ucolo) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: უქმრო (ukmro) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: უცოლშვილო (ucolšvilo) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: უქმარშვილო (ukmaršvilo) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: მარტოხელა (marṭoxela) — having no husband or wife
  • Georgian: გაუთხოვარი (gautxovari) — having no husband or wife
  • German: unverheiratet — having no husband or wife
  • German: ledig — having no husband or wife
  • German: solo — having no husband or wife
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (unliugaiþs) — having no husband or wife
  • Greek: ανύπαντρος (anýpantros) — having no husband or wife
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγαμος (ágamos) — having no husband or wife
  • Ancient Greek: ἄνανδρος (ánandros) — having no husband or wife
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr) — having no husband or wife
  • Hindi: अनब्याहा (anabyāhā) — having no husband or wife
  • Hindi: अविवाहित (avivāhit) — having no husband or wife
  • Hungarian: nőtlen — having no husband or wife
  • Hungarian: hajadon — having no husband or wife
  • Icelandic: ógiftur — having no husband or wife
  • Icelandic: ókvæntur — having no husband or wife
  • Ido: nemariajata — having no husband or wife
  • Ido: nemariajita — having no husband or wife
  • Irish: neamhphósta — having no husband or wife
  • Irish: singil — having no husband or wife
  • Italian: celibe — having no husband or wife
  • Italian: nubile — having no husband or wife
  • Japanese: 独身 (dokushin) — having no husband or wife
  • Japanese: 未婚 (mikon) — having no husband or wife
  • Latin: caelebs — having no husband or wife
  • Latin: innuptus — having no husband or wife
  • Macedonian: нео́женет (neóženet) — having no husband or wife
  • Macedonian: неома́жена (neomážena) — having no husband or wife
  • Manx: neuphoost — having no husband or wife
  • Manx: gyn poosey — having no husband or wife
  • Māori: takakau — having no husband or wife
  • Māori: kiritapu — having no husband or wife
  • Navajo: bízhą́ — having no husband or wife
  • Norwegian: ugift — having no husband or wife
  • Old English: ǣmettig — having no husband or wife
  • Persian: مجرد (mojarrad) — having no husband or wife
  • Plautdietsch: lädich — having no husband or wife
  • Polish: nieżonaty — having no husband or wife
  • Polish: niezamężna — having no husband or wife
  • Polish: niewydany — having no husband or wife
  • Polish: niewydana — having no husband or wife
  • Portuguese: solteiro — having no husband or wife
  • Romanian: necăsătorit — having no husband or wife
  • Romanian: burlac — having no husband or wife
  • Russian: нежена́тый (neženátyj) — having no husband or wife
  • Russian: холосто́й (xolostój) — having no husband or wife
  • Russian: незаму́жняя (nezamúžnjaja) — having no husband or wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: нео̀жењен — having no husband or wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏уда̄н or не̏уда̄т — having no husband or wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: neòženjen — having no husband or wife
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅudān or nȅudāt — having no husband or wife
  • Slovak: slobodný — having no husband or wife
  • Slovak: neženatý — having no husband or wife
  • Slovak: slobodná — having no husband or wife
  • Slovak: nevydatá — having no husband or wife
  • Slovene: neporočen — having no husband or wife
  • Slovene: samski — having no husband or wife
  • Spanish: soltero — having no husband or wife
  • Swedish: ogift — having no husband or wife
  • Telugu: పెళ్ళికాని (peḷḷikāni) — having no husband or wife
  • Thai: โสด (sòot) — having no husband or wife
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken) — having no husband or wife
  • Ottoman Turkish: بكار (bekâr) — having no husband or wife
  • Ukrainian: нежона́тий (nežonátyj) — having no husband or wife
  • Ukrainian: незамі́жня (nezamížnja) — having no husband or wife
  • Ukrainian: неодру́жений (neodrúženyj) — having no husband or wife
  • Vietnamese: độc thân — having no husband or wife
  • Finnish: naimaton — unmarried person
  • Hindi: अविवाहित (avivāhit) — unmarried person
  • Māori: takakau — unmarried person
  • Persian: مجرد (mojarrad) — unmarried person
Real reading context

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