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?

   • 2022 August 12, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, “‘Snip Snip Hooray’: Vasectomies Among the Young and Child-Free May Be Rising”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Middle-aged, married fathers make up the bulk of those who have gotten vasectomies, with less than two percent of unmarried men relying on vasectomy for contraception, according to one analysis of data between 2002 and 2015 by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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