premarital en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English marital English premarital From pre- + marital.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before marriage; before getting married.
Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| præmarital | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
antenuptial · prenuptial · antemarital
Translations (25)
es premarital (before one's marriage) · cmn 婚前的 (before one's marriage) · eo aŭtaŭedziĝa (before one's marriage) · hy նախամուսնական (before one's marriage) · nl voorechtelijk (before one's marriage) · pl przedmałżeński (before one's marriage) · ca prematrimonial (before one's marriage) · da førægteskabelig (before one's marriage) · fi esiaviollinen (before one's marriage) · pt pré-nupcial (before one's marriage) · de vorehelich (before one's marriage) · cs předmanželský (before one's marriage) · pt premarital (before one's marriage) · nl voorhuwelijks (before one's marriage) · hu házasság előtti (before one's marriage) · ru предбра́чный (before one's marriage) · pt prematrimonial (before one's marriage) · bg предбрачен (before one's marriage) · el προγαμιαίος (before one's marriage) · uk дошлю́бний (before one's marriage) · it prematrimoniale (before one's marriage) · sv föräktenskaplig (before one's marriage) · ru добра́чный (before one's marriage) · be дашлюбны (before one's marriage) · fr prénuptial (before one's marriage)