unmarried

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English married

English unmarried

From un- + married.

Pronunciation

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

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• Hyphenation: un‧mar‧ried

Adjective

unmarried (not comparable)

1. Having no husband or wife.

   Synonyms: single, unhitched, unspoused, unwed

   Antonym: married

   • 2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 August 2023, Sinosphere‎^[2]:

     Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.

Derived terms

• unmarriedness

Translations

having no husband or wife

• Albanian: pamartuar (sq)
• Armenian: չամուսնացած (čʻamusnacʻac), ամուրի (hy) (amuri)
• Assamese: আবিয়ৈ (abioi)
• Belarusian: нежана́ты m (nježanáty) (of a man), незаму́жняя f (njezamúžnjaja) (of a woman)
• Bulgarian: неже́нен m (nežénen) (of a man), неомъ́жена (bg) f (neomắžena) (of a woman)
• Catalan: solter (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨身 / 独身 (zh) (dúshēn)

• Czech: svobodný (cs) m, neženatý m, svobodná f, nevdaná f
• Danish: ugift (da)
• Dutch: ongehuwd (nl), alleenstaand (nl), ongetrouwd (nl)
• Finnish: naimaton (fi), vapaa (fi)
• French: célibataire (fr)
• Galician: solteiro (gl)
• Georgian: დაუქორწინებელი (daukorc̣inebeli), დაუოჯახებელი (dauoǯaxebeli) (lacking own family, i.e. unmarried), დასაოჯახებელი (dasaoǯaxebeli) (to be married), უცოლო (ucolo) (having no wife), უქმრო (ukmro) (having no husband), უცოლშვილო (ucolšvilo) (having no wife and kids), უქმარშვილო (ukmaršvilo) (having no husband and kids), მარტოხელა (marṭoxela) (single, unmarried), გაუთხოვარი (gautxovari) (women only, not married off)
• German: unverheiratet (de), ledig (de), solo (de) (colloquial)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (unliugaiþs)
• Greek: ανύπαντρος (el) (anýpantros)

  Ancient Greek: ἄγαμος (ágamos) (of men), ἄνανδρος (ánandros) (of women), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr) (hapax)

• Hindi: अनब्याहा (hi) (anabyāhā), अविवाहित (hi) (avivāhit)
• Hungarian: nőtlen (hu) (with no wife), hajadon (hu) (with no husband)
• Icelandic: ógiftur (is) (of a man or woman; formerly only of a woman), ókvæntur (of a man)
• Ido: nemariajata, nemariajita
• Irish: neamhphósta, singil
• Italian: celibe (it) m, nubile (it) f
• Japanese: 独身 (ja) (どくしん, dokushin), 未婚 (ja) (みこん, mikon)
• Latin: caelebs, innuptus (said of a woman)
• Macedonian: нео́женет m (neóženet) (of a man), неома́жена f (neomážena) (of a woman)
• Manx: neuphoost, gyn poosey
• Māori: takakau, kiritapu (of a woman)
• Navajo: bízhą́
• Norwegian: ugift (no)
• Old English: ǣmettig
• Persian: مجرد (fa) (mojarrad)
• Plautdietsch: lädich
• Polish: nieżonaty (pl) m (of a man), niezamężna (pl) f (of a woman), niewydany, niewydana
• Portuguese: solteiro (pt)
• Romanian: necăsătorit (ro), burlac (ro) (of a man)
• Russian: нежена́тый (ru) m (neženátyj), холосто́й (ru) m (xolostój) (of a man), незаму́жняя (ru) f (nezamúžnjaja) (of a woman)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нео̀жењен (of a man), не̏уда̄н or не̏уда̄т (of a woman)

  Latin: neòženjen (sh) (of a man), nȅudān or nȅudāt (of a woman)

• Slovak: slobodný m, neženatý m, slobodná f, nevydatá f
• Slovene: neporočen, samski
• Spanish: soltero (es)
• Swedish: ogift (sv)
• Telugu: పెళ్ళికాని (peḷḷikāni)
• Thai: โสด (th) (sòot)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken), بكار (bekâr) (of a man)

• Ukrainian: нежона́тий m (nežonátyj) (of a man), незамі́жня f (nezamížnja) (of a woman), неодру́жений (neodrúženyj) (of a man or woman)
• Vietnamese: độc thân (vi)

Noun

unmarried (plural unmarrieds)

1. An unmarried person.

Translations

unmarried person

• Finnish: naimaton (fi)
• Hindi: अविवाहित (hi) (avivāhit)
• Māori: takakau
• Persian: مجرد (fa) (mojarrad)

Anagrams

• murrained