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marital

UK/ˈmæɹɪtəl/US/ˈmæɹɪtəl/
adjectiveB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,899 of 15,258neutral

Marital means to do with marriage. Marital status, marital problems, the marital home.

Marital status is the standard official phrase on any form. Marital and martial are one letter apart and constantly confused, and the mistake is old enough to be a standing joke. The Latin maritus means a husband.

Definitions of marital

  1. 1adjectivemaritalTo do with marriage.B2

    “The couple saw a counsellor to help with their marital problems.”

marital is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin maritalis comes from maritus, a husband. Marry and marriage are from the same root.

  1. Latin

    marītālis

  2. Middle French

    marital

  3. English, today

    marital

Built from

  • marītus · Latin — husband

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

marital in the wild

  • Alternative terms for sex toy include adult toy and the dated euphemism marital aid.

    Sex toy

  • Still, in many countries, marital rape either remains outside the criminal law, or is illegal but widely tolerated.

    Marital rape

  • Civil status and marital status are terms used in forms, vital records, and other documents to ask or indicate whether a person is married or single.

    Marital status

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the marītus family

marrymarriage

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