conjugal
pronunciation
How to pronounce conjugal in British English:
UK [ˈkɒndʒəgl]
How to pronounce conjugal in American English:
US [ˈkɑndʒəgl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
Word Origin
- conjugal
- conjugal: [16] The notion underlying conjugal is of ‘joining together’. It comes from Latin conjugālis, an adjective derived from conjux ‘spouse’. This is turn was derived from conjugāre ‘join together (in marriage)’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and jugāre ‘yoke’ (a derivative of jugum ‘yoke’, which is related to English yoke and yoga). (The grammatical connotations of English conjugate [16] arise from the notion of a ‘connected’ set of verb forms.) The base of jugum, *jug-, also produced jungere ‘join’, whose derivative conjungere ‘join together’ is responsible for the parallel set of English words conjoin [14], conjunct [15], and conjunction [14].=> conjugate, conjunction, join, yoga, yoke
- conjugal (adj.)
- 1540s, from Middle French conjugal (13c.), from Latin coniugalis "relating to marriage," from coniunx (genitive coniugis) "spouse," related to coniugare "to join together," from com- "together" (see com-) + iugare "to join," from iugum "yoke" (see jugular).
Example
- 1. Improve the conjugal property system under our market economy .
- 2. Conjugal visits are banned , so marriages break down .
- 3. Spouses can live thousands of miles apart , but the strain is not just on conjugal ties .
- 4. A hort message , bless strings : dragon boat festival arrived , wish happy , a happy heart ; healthy , unwind ; completely round , boon conjugal love ; hehemeimei , thriving !
- 5. Can conjugal love to old , to accompany the life love never complex