married

English

Alternative forms

• marryed (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry ‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
• (General American)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹ.id/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹ.id/

• Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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• Rhymes: -æɹɪd, -æɹid, -ɛɹid

Adjective

married (not comparable)

1. In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

   Synonyms: (archaic) autem, wed, wedded

   Antonyms: single, unmarried

   Are you married or single?

2. (figuratively) Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse.

   married to one's work

   married to an idea

Derived terms

• are you married
• get married
• I'm married
• married couple
• married name
• married sector
• never-married

 

Translations

in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband

• Afrikaans: getroud (af)
• Albanian: martuar (sq)
• Arabic: مُتَزَوِّج m (mutazawwij), مُتَأَهِّل m (mutaʔahhil)
• Armenian: ամուսնացած (amusnacʻac)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܓ݂ܵܐ m (mzāwḡā), ܡܙܵܘܲܓ݂ܬܵܐ f (mzāwaḡtā), ܓܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ m (gḇīrā)
• Asturian: casáu
• Belarusian: жана́ты (žanáty) (of a man), заму́жняя (zamúžnjaja) (of a woman)
• Burmese: အို (my) (ui)
• Catalan: casat (ca)
• Chamicuro: ilya'lan kati
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 結咗婚／结咗婚 (git³ zo² fan¹)

  Mandarin: 已婚 (zh) (yǐhūn); (verb) 結婚了／结婚了 (zh) (jiéhūn le)

• Danish: gift (da)
• Dutch: getrouwd (nl)
• Esperanto: edziĝinta sg, geedziĝinta sg
• Faroese: giftur
• Finnish: naimisissa (fi), nainut, vihitty (fi)
• Galician: casado
• Georgian: , დაქორწინებული (dakorc̣inebuli)
• German: verheiratet (de)
• Greek: παντρεμένος (el) (pantreménos)
• Hebrew: נָשׂוּי (he) (nasúy)
• Hindi: शादीशुदा (śādīśudā), शादी-शुदा (śādī-śudā)
• Hungarian: házas (hu)
• Icelandic: giftur (is)
• Ido: mariajita (io)
• Irish: pósta
• Italian: sposato (it) m, coniugato (it)
• Japanese: (verb) 結婚している (ja) (kekkon-shite iru)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: zewicî (ku), bijin (ku), bimêr (ku), bimal (ku)

• Latin: uxōrātus, nūptus, marītus (la)
• Norwegian: gift (no)
• Persian: متأهل (fa) (mote'ahhel), عروسی‌کرده ('arusi-karde)
• Portuguese: casado (pt)
• Punjabi: ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ (viāhiā hoiā), ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਵਰਿਆ (viāhiā variā)
• Russian: жена́тый (ru) m (ženátyj) (of a man), заму́жняя (ru) f (zamúžnjaja) (of a woman), за́мужем (ru) f (zámužem) (predicatively of a woman)
• Scottish Gaelic: pòsda, pòsta
• Slovene: poročen (sl)
• Spanish: casado (es)
• Swedish: gift (sv)
• Tagalog: kasal (tl)
• Telugu: పెళ్ళైన (peḷḷaina)
• Thai: แต่งงาน (th) (dtɛ̀ng-ngaan)
• Turkish: evli (tr)
• Ukrainian: жона́тий (žonátyj) (of a man), замі́жня f (zamížnja) (of a woman), заму́жня (zamúžnja) (of a woman), за́міжжю (zámižžju) (predicatively of a woman), одру́жений (odrúženyj) (of both genders (in the m/f forms)), за́мужем (zámužem) (predicatively of a woman)
• Urdu: شادی شدہ (śādī śudā)
• Vietnamese: kết hôn (vi), thành lập gia đình, cưới (vi), (male) có vợ, (male) đã lấy vợ, (female) có chồng (vi)
• Yiddish: חתונה־געהאַט (khasene-gehat)

in a state of marriage; having a husband

• Arabic: مُتَزَوِّجَة f (mutazawwija)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܲܓ݂ܬܵܐ f (mzāwaḡtā), ܓܒ݂ܝܼܪܬܵܐ f (gḇīrtā)
• Belarusian: заму́жняя f (zamúžnjaja)
• Bulgarian: омъ́жена (bg) f (omǎ́žena)
• Carpathian Rusyn: оддата́ f (oddatá)
• Czech: vdaná f
• French: mariée (fr) f
• Georgian: გათხოვილი (gatxovili), ქმრიანი (kmriani)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰 (ufwaira)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὕπανδρος (húpandros)

• Hungarian: férjezett (hu), férjes (hu)
• Italian: sposata (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şûkirî (ku), bimêr (ku), zewicî (ku), bimal (ku)

• Macedonian: мажена f (mažena), омажена f (omažena)
• Persian: شوهردار (šuhardâr)
• Polish: zamężna (pl) f, zamężny (pl) m
• Russian: заму́жняя (ru) f (zamúžnjaja), за́мужем (ru) (zámužem) (predicatively)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: удата f

  Roman: udata (sh) f

• Slovak: vydatá f
• Ukrainian: замі́жня f (zamížnja), одру́жена f (odrúžena)

in a state of marriage; having a wife

• Arabic: مُتَزَوِّج m (mutazawwij)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܵܘܓ݂ܵܐ m (mzāwḡā), ܓܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ m (gḇīrā)
• Belarusian: ажэ́нены m (ažénjeny), жана́ты m (žanáty)
• Bulgarian: же́нен (bg) m (žénen) оже́нен (bg) m (ožénen)
• Carpathian Rusyn: жена́тый m (ženátŷj)
• Czech: ženatý (cs) m
• French: marié (fr) m
• Georgian: დაქორწინებული (dakorc̣inebuli), ცოლიანი (coliani)
• Gothic: *𐌵𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌸𐍃 (*qēniþs)
• Hungarian: nős (hu)
• Ingrian: naiselikas, naiselliin, naisikas
• Italian: sposato (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bijin (ku), zewicî (ku), bimal (ku)

• Macedonian: женет m (ženet), оженет m (oženet)
• Persian: زن دار (zan-dâr)
• Polish: żonaty (pl) m, żonata f
• Russian: жена́тый (ru) m (ženátyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ожењен m

  Roman: oženjen m

• Slovak: ženatý m
• Ukrainian: одру́жений m (odrúženyj), жона́тий m (žonátyj)

Verb

married

1. simple past and past participle of marry

Synonyms

• dowried

Noun

married (plural marrieds)

1. A married person.
   • 2001, Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help, page 11:

     A perfect example is life insurance. Most people starting out don't need it; you should only insure what you can't afford to lose or replace, and singles or young marrieds without a lot of assets frequently don't require coverage.

Anagrams

• admirer, madrier, mardier