betrothed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪˈtrəʊðd/, /bɪˈtrəʊθt/, X-SAMPA: /bI"tr@UDd/, /bI"tr@UTt/

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  Rhymes: -əʊðd

Verb

betrothed

1. simple past tense and past participle of betroth
   • 1901: American Standard Version of the Bible, Luke 1:27, read at [[1]] - A virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph.

Translations

past of betroth

• Polish: zaręczony m

• Swedish: trolovad (sv)

Noun

betrothed (uncountable)

1. Fiancé or fiancée
   • 2005: Mori, on In Passing messageboard read at [2] on 16 May 2006, Pffft - We both hated using that word [fiancé], and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "intended".

Translations

agreed to be married

• Arabic: خطب, مخطوب (ar) (makhTuub) m, مخطوبة (ar) (makhTuuba) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訂婚了 (cmn), 订婚了 (cmn) (dìnghūn le) (verb)

• Czech: zasnoubený (cs) m
• Finnish: kihloissa (fi)
• French: fiancé (fr) m, fiancée (fr) f
• German: verlobt (de)

• Japanese: 婚約している (ja) (こんやくしている, kon'yaku-shite iru) (verb)
• Malagasy: voafofo (mg)
• Polish: narzeczony (pl) m, narzeczona (pl) f
• Russian: помолвленный (ru) (pomólvlennyj) m, помолвленная (ru) (pomólvlennaja) f, обручённый (ru) (obručónnyj), обручённая (ru) (obručónnaja) f
• Spanish: comprometida (es) f, comprometido (es) m
• Swedish: förlovad (sv), trolovad (sv), fästman (sv) m, fästmö (sv) f