nuptial
English
WOTD – 22 May 2008
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“I marry, I take as husband”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/
- (influenced by words ending in -tual, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əl/
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Derived terms
- antenuptial
- inter-nuptial
- mid-nuptial
- nuptial act
- nuptial crest
- nuptial plumage
- nuptials
- nuptial season
- postnuptial
- prenuptial
Translations
pertaining to wedding and marriage
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capable, or characteristic, of breeding
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nyp.sjal/
Descendants
- → Romanian: nupțial
References
- “nuptial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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