mariée

Mariée is the feminine form of the French adjective marié, meaning married. As an adjective it indicates that a woman is married, as in Elle est mariée.

As a noun, la mariée designates the bride, the woman who is about to marry or who has just been married. In contrast, le marié refers to the groom. The plural les mariés can refer to a married couple or to both spouses in a wedding context.

The word comes from the verb marier, to marry, and is related to other terms such as mariage (marriage) and marié (masculine form). The feminine morpholog y reflects standard gender agreement in French.

Culturally, la mariée is central to wedding ceremonies, where she is often the focus of traditions and rituals. The term is widely used in French to discuss marital status, weddings, and the roles of participants in a marriage.