# conjugal
## English
### Alternative forms

* conjugial (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/, /kənˈd͡ʒuːɡəl/

### Adjective

conjugal (not comparable)
* 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!"

#### Synonyms

* (pertaining to marriage): connubial

#### Derived terms

* conjugality
* conjugally
* conjugal rights
* conjugal rite
* conjugal visit
* conjugal visitation
* extraconjugal
* nonconjugal
* unconjugal

#### Related terms

* conjugate (adj)

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kuɲ.ʒuˈɣal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɲ.ʒuˈɣal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɲ.d͡ʒuˈɣal]

### Adjective

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugals)
* conjugal

#### Related terms

* cònjuge

### Further reading

* “conjugal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “conjugal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal/

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* viol conjugal
* violence conjugale

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.ʒuˈɡaw/ [kõ.ʒuˈɡaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.ʒuˈɡal/ [kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.ʒuˈɡal/ [kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.ʒuˈɡa.li/ [kõ.ʒuˈɣa.li]
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: con‧ju‧gal

### Adjective

conjugal m or f (plural conjugais, not comparable)
* conjugal (of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses)

#### Derived terms

* conjugalmente

#### Related terms

* cônjuge
* conjugar
* conjugado

### Further reading

* “conjugal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French conjugal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kon.ʒuˈɡal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Adjective

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugales)
* Obsolete spelling of conyugal.

#### Derived terms

* conjugalmente

### Further reading

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