marital

Borrowed from Middle French marital, and its source, Latin marītālis, from marītus (“husband”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪtəl/

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marital (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to marriage.

   marital affairs

   marital bliss

   marital issues

   marital pleasure

   marital sex

   marital status

   marital home

   marital rights

   They sought counseling for their marital problems.

2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a husband.

Not to be confused with martial.

• matrimonial

• conjugal
• spousal

• Martial, mail art, martial

Latin marītālis

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ɾiˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ɾiˈtal]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritals)

1. marital

• “marital”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “marital”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.tal/

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marital (feminine maritale, masculine plural maritaux, feminine plural maritales)

1. marital

• “marital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tal

marital m or f (plural maritais, not comparable)

1. marital

Borrowed from French marital, from Latin maritalis.

marital m or n (feminine singular maritală, masculine plural maritali, feminine and neuter plural maritale)

1. marital

Latin marītālis

• IPA^(key): /maɾiˈtal/ [ma.ɾiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧tal

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritales)

1. marital

• “marital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024