conjugal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

connubial

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