conjugal

• conjugial (obsolete)

From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/, /kənˈd͡ʒuːɡəl/

conjugal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189:

     "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"

• (pertaining to marriage): connubial

• conjugal rights
• conjugal rite
• conjugal visit
• extra-conjugal

• conjugate (adj)

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɲ.ʒuˈɣal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɲ.ʒuˈɣal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [koɲ.d͡ʒuˈɣal]

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugals)

1. conjugal

• cònjuge

• “conjugal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “conjugal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “conjugal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “conjugal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal/

conjugal (feminine conjugale, masculine plural conjugaux, feminine plural conjugales)

1. conjugal

• viol conjugal
• violence conjugale

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

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis, from coniux, from con- (“together”) + iugum (“yoke”).

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: con‧ju‧gal

conjugal m or f (plural conjugais, not comparable)

1. conjugal (of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses)

• conjugalmente

• cônjuge
• conjugar
• conjugado

• “conjugal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from French conjugal.

• IPA^(key): /kon.ʒuˈɡal/

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conjugal m or n (feminine singular conjugală, masculine plural conjugali, feminine and neuter plural conjugale)

1. conjugal

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugales)

1. Obsolete spelling of conyugal

• “conjugal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014