nupcial

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nūptiālis.

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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnup.si.ˈaw/, /nup.ˈsjaw/, /ˌnu.pi.ˈsjaw/
• 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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nūptiālis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /nubˈθjal/ [nuβ̞ˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /nubˈsjal/ [nuβ̞ˈsjal]

Adjective

nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupciales)

1. nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)

Derived terms

• antenupcial

Related terms

• nupcias

Further reading

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