nupcial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [nup.siˈal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: nup‧ci‧al

Adjective

nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupcials)

1. nuptial

Related terms

• noces

Further reading

• “nupcial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nupcial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nupcial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nupcial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nupˈθjal/ [nupˈθjɑɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /nupˈθjal/ [nupˈθjɑɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /nupˈsjal/ [nupˈsjɑɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: nup‧cial

Adjective

nupcial m or f (plural nupciais)

1. nuptial

Further reading

• “nupcial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Occitan

Adjective

nupcial m (feminine singular nupciala, masculine plural nupcials, feminine plural nupcialas)

1. nuptial

Related terms

• nupcialament

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 473.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nuptiālis (“nuptial”), from nubō (“to marry”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰo- (“to marry, to wed”). By surface analysis, núpcias +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯], /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯], /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯], /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈpsjal/ [nuˈpsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈpsjal/ [nuˈpsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈpsja.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: nup‧ci‧al

Adjective

nupcial m or f (plural nupciais, not comparable)

1. nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)

   Synonyms: casamenteiro, conjugal, matrimonial

Related terms

• antenupcial
• núpcias

Further reading

• “nupcial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /nubˈθjal/ [nuβ̞ˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /nubˈsjal/ [nuβ̞ˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: nup‧cial

Adjective

nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupciales)

1. nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)

Derived terms

• antenupcial
• nupcialidad
• prenupcial

 

Related terms

• nupcias

 

Further reading

• “nupcial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014