marier
French, verb/ma.ʁje/
marier is spelled M-A-R-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marier is a French verb meaning “to marry, to marry off; to perform or cause the marriage of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unir deux personnes par le lien conjugal, selon les lois de l’État ou de la religion”.
What does marier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to marry, to marry off; to perform or cause the marriage of
Le duc a marié sa fille au prince héritier.
- 2
colloquialto wed, to marry (one's spouse)
- 3
to get married, to wed
Mes voisins vont se marier demain.
- 4
to put things together to advantage (because of suitable colours, flavours, etc.); to combine things that go well together
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Unir deux personnes par le lien conjugal, selon les lois de l’État ou de la religion. 2. Arranger un mariage. 3. ou Épouser. 4. Contracter un mariage ; épouser.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of marier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- mariant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- marié participle past
- marie first-person indicative present
- maries indicative present second-person
- marions first-person indicative plural
- mariez indicative plural present
- marient indicative plural present
- mariais first-person imperfect indicative
- mariait imperfect indicative singular
- mariions first-person imperfect indicative
- mariiez imperfect indicative plural
- mariaient imperfect indicative plural
- mariai first-person historic indicative
- marias historic indicative past
- maria historic indicative past
- mariâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marier?
- /ma.ʁje/
- \ma.ʁje\
- [ma.ʁje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marier in French?
marier appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).