engagement ring

English

Engagement rings

Pronunciation

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Noun

engagement ring (plural engagement rings)

1. (jewelry) A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended spouse, symbolizing a formal pledge of matrimony and commonly consisting of a gold band adorned with one or more diamonds or other precious gemstones.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13:

     Then, aroused to the sense of what was proper among mortals circumstanced as we were, I pointed out to Kitty that an engagement-ring was the outward and visible sign of her dignity as an engaged girl; and that she must forthwith come to Hamilton's to be measured for one.

2. (by extension) Any ring resembling one traditionally presented as a pledge of marriage.
   • 2010, Donald L. Maly, Oasis of Hope, page 20:

     After about five minutes we dug up an old engagement ring.

   • 2014, Holly Martin, The Guestbook‎^[1]:

     Wednesday: I found an engagement ring on the beach this morning, beautiful little thing, a diamond the shape of a teardrop and two clusters of tiny sapphires on either side.

Derived terms

• mangagement ring

Translations

a ring signifying a promise to wed

• Arabic: خَاتَم اَلْخُطُوبَة m (ḵātam al-ḵuṭūba)
• Bulgarian: годежен пръстен m (godežen prăsten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訂婚戒指 / 订婚戒指 (dìnghūn jièzhi), 訂婚指環 / 订婚指环 (dìnghūn zhǐhuán)

• Danish: forlovelsesring (da) c
• Dutch: verlovingsring (nl) m
• Finnish: kihlasormus (fi)
• French: bague de fiançailles f
• Georgian: ნიშნობის ბეჭედი (nišnobis beč̣edi)
• German: Verlobungsring (de) m
• Greek: βέρα (el) f (véra)
• Hungarian: eljegyzési gyűrű, jegygyűrű (hu)
• Irish: fáinne gealltanais m
• Japanese: 婚約指輪 (ja) (こんやくゆびわ, kon'yaku yubiwa), エンゲージリング (ja) (engēji ringu)
• Korean: 약혼반지 (ko) (yakhonbanji)
• Ladino:

  Latin: aniyo de kidushim m

• Macedonian: венчален прстен m (venčalen prsten)
• Norman: bague dé fianchailles f, bague d'engagement f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forlovelsesring m

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: pierścionek zaręczynowy m
• Portuguese: anel de noivado m
• Romanian: inel de logodnă (ro) n
• Russian: обруча́льное кольцо́ (ru) n (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó)
• Spanish: anillo de compromiso m, anillo de pedida m
• Swedish: förlovningsring (sv) c
• Telugu: ఉంకుటుంగరము (te) (uṅkuṭuṅgaramu)
• Vietnamese: nhẫn đính hôn

See also

• commitment ring
• wedding ring

Further reading

• engagement ring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia