connubial

1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile)[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).

IPA^(key): /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/

connubial (comparative more connubial, superlative most connubial)

1. Of or relating to the state of being married.

Particularly used in fixed phrases, such as “connubial bliss”, “connubial love”, “connubial relations”, and “connubial bed”.

• conjugal

• nubile
• nuptial, nuptials

connubial (plural connubiales)

1. connubial