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?

   My mom got married to her childhood sweetheart.

   • 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; strongly committed or attached to something.

   married to one's work

   married to an idea

   Yes, I drafted the business proposal, but I'm not married to it, so it's okay if the board doesn't approve it.

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
• Azerbaijani: evli (az)
• Belarusian: жана́ты (žanáty) (of a man), заму́жняя (zamúžnjaja) (of a woman)
• Bengali: বিবাহিত (bn) (bibahito)
• Bulgarian: же́нен (bg) (žénen) (of a man)
• 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)

• Czech: ženatý (cs) (of a man)
• Danish: gift (da)
• Dutch: getrouwd (nl)
• Esperanto: edziĝinta sg, geedziĝinta sg
• Estonian: abielus (et)
• 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: विवाहित (hi) m (vivāhit), विवाहिता (hi) f (vivāhitā)
• 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)
• Kazakh: үйленген (üileñen)
• Khmer: រៀបការ (riəp kaa)
• Korean: 결혼하다 (ko) (gyeolhonhada) (verb, used predicatively or attributively in the sense "married")
• Kurdish:

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

• Kyrgyz: үйлөнгөн (ky) (üylöngön)
• Lao: ແຕ່ງງານ (tǣng ngān)
• Latin: uxōrātus, nūptus, marītus (la)
• Latvian: precējies
• Lithuanian: vedęs
• Macedonian: оженет (oženet)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гэрлэсэн (gerlesen)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gift (no)

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مُتَأَهِّل (mota'ahhel), عَروسی‌کَرْدِه (arusi-karde), اِزْدِواج‌کَرْدِه (ezdevâj-karde)

• Portuguese: casado (pt)
• Punjabi: ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ (viāhiā hoiā), ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਵਰਿਆ (viāhiā variā)
• Romanian: căsătorit (ro), însurat (ro)
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ожењен

  Roman: oženjen

• Slovak: ženatý (of a man)
• Slovene: poročen (sl)
• Spanish: casado (es)
• Swedish: gift (sv)
• Tagalog: kasal (tl)
• Tajik: оиладор (tg) (oyilador) (having a family), зандор (zandor) (having a wife), мутааҳҳил (mutaahhil)
• Tatar: өйләнгән (öylängän)
• Telugu: పెళ్ళైన (peḷḷaina)
• Thai: แต่งงาน (th) (dtɛ̀ng-ngaan), สมรส (th) (sǒm-rót)
• Turkish: evli (tr)
• Turkmen: öýlenen
• 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 شُدَہ (śādī śuda)
• Uyghur: نىكاھلانغان (nikahlan'ghan), ئۆيلەنگەن (öylen'gen)
• Uzbek: uylangan, xotinli (uz)
• 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: παντρεμένη (el) f (pantreméni)

  Ancient Greek: ὕπανδρος (húpandros)

• Hindi: विवाहिता (hi) f (vivāhitā)
• Hungarian: férjezett (hu), férjes (hu)
• Italian: sposata (it) f
• Kurdish:

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

• Latvian: precējusies
• Lithuanian: ištekėjusi
• Macedonian: мажена f (mažena), омажена f (omažena)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: شُوْهَرْدار (šowhardâr)

• Polish: zamężna (pl) f, zamężny (pl) m
• Romanian: căsătorită f
• Russian: заму́жняя (ru) f (zamúžnjaja), за́мужем (ru) (zámužem) (predicatively)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: удата f

  Roman: udata (sh) f

• Slovak: vydatá f
• Slovene: poročena f, omožena f
• Tajik: шавҳардор (šavhardor), шӯдорӣ (šüdori)
• 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)
• Greek: παντρεμένος (el) m (pantreménos)
• Hindi: विवाहित (hi) m (vivāhit)
• 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:

  Iranian Persian: زَن 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
• Tajik: зандор (zandor), хонадор (tg) (xonador)
• 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