wed

See also Wed

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĕdʹ, IPA: /ˈwɛd/, X-SAMPA: /"wEd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology

From Old English weddian. Related to Scots wed (“pledge”).

Verb

wed (third-person singular simple present weds, present participle wedding, simple past and past participle wed or wedded)

1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

   The priest wed the couple.

2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.

   She wed her first love.

3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.
4. (figuratively) To join (more or less permanently)
   • 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 72:

     [...] the PPS paper proposed a political doctrine that wedded modernization theory to U.S. support for national security states [...].

Synonyms

• marry

Translations

to join in matrimony

• Arabic: تزوج (ar) (tazawwaja)
• Armenian: ամուսնացնել (hy) (amusnac’nel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結婚 (cmn), 结婚 (cmn) (jiéhūn)

• Finnish: vihkiä (fi) (avioliittoon (fi))
• French: marier (fr)
• German: trauen (de), verheiraten (de), vermählen (de)

• Greek: παντρεύω (el) (pantrévo)
• Japanese: 結婚する (ja) (けっこんする, kekkon-surú)
• Macedonian: венчава (mk) (vénčava)
• Norwegian: vie (no), ektevie (no) (formally; somewhat dated)
• Persian: پیوند (fa) (peyvand), ازدواج (fa) (ezdevâj), زناشويي (fa) (zanâšōei)
• Russian: жениться (ru) (ženít’sja), пожениться (ru) (poženít’sja)
• Vietnamese: cưới (vi)

transitive: to take as one's spouse

• Finnish: naida (fi), avioitua (fi) jonkun kanssa, mennä naimisiin (fi) jonkun kanssa, ottaa (fi) puolisokseen (fi)
• French: épouser (fr)
• German: heiraten (de)
• Greek: παντρεύομαι (el) (pantrévomai)

• Japanese: 結婚する (ja) (けっこんする, kekkon-surú)
• Macedonian: жени (mk) (žéni) (of men), мажи (mk) (máži) (of women)
• Norwegian: ekte (no), gifte seg med (no)
• Romanian: căsători (ro), însura (ro), mărita (ro), cununa (ro)

intransitive: to take a spouse

• Armenian: ամուսնանալ (hy) (amusnanal)
• Finnish: avioitua (fi), mennä naimisiin (fi)
• German: heiraten (de)
• Japanese: 結婚する (ja) (けっこんする, kekkon-surú); (male's action) めとる (ja) (metoru) (娶る (ja))
• Latin: nubo (la)
• Macedonian: се венчава (mk) (se vénčava) (of men), се мажи (mk) (se máži), се жени (mk) (se žéni) (of women)

• Norwegian: gifte seg (no)
• Russian: жениться (ru) (ženít’sja) ( + на + prepositional case, of a man or reflexive), выходить замуж (ru) (vyxodít' zámuž) pf., выйти замуж (ru) (výjti zámuž) pf., ( + за + accusative case, of a woman), (outdated) брать в жёны (ru) (brat' v žóny), взять в жёны (ru) (vzjat' v žóny) (transitive, of a man)

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• Dutch: trouwen (nl)
• Esperanto: geedzigi (straight couple), edzigi or gejedzigi (gay couple), edzinigi (lesbian couple)
• French: marier (fr)
• Indonesian: menikahi (id), menikah (id)
• Portuguese: casar (pt)
• Spanish: casar (es), casarse (es) con (es)

Anagrams

• dew , DEW

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Verb

wed

1. first-person singular present indicative of wedden
2. imperative of wedden

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wedde, from Old Dutch *weddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją.

Noun

wed n (plural wedden, diminutive wedje)

1. ford, shallow river crossing
2. drinking place for animals

Synonyms

• (ford): voorde

Related terms

• wad
• waden