unmarried

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ married.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
(General American)
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈmɛɹ.id/
  - Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: un‧mar‧ried

Adjective

unmarried (not comparable)

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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 August 2023, Sinosphere‎:
  Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.

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 (neomǎ́žena) (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
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)
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
Maori: 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 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)

Roman: 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)
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)

An unmarried person.

Translations

unmarried person

Finnish: naimaton (fi)
Maori: takakau
Persian: مجرد (fa) (mojarrad)

Anagrams

murrained

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