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

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!"

of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugals)

  1. conjugal

Borrowed from Latin coniugālis.

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

  1. conjugal

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

conjugal m or f (plural conjugais, not comparable)

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

Borrowed from French conjugal.

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

  1. conjugal

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugales)

  1. obsolete spelling of conyugal