engagement ring

English

Noun

engagement ring (plural engagement rings)

1. A ring given to one's fiancé or intended fiancé, signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones.
   1. By extension, any ring that has the appearance of a ring given as a promise to wed.
      • 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:

        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.

Translations

a ring signifying a promise to wed

• Arabic: خَاتَم اَلْخُطُوبَة‏‎ m (ḵātam al-ḵuṭūba)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: verlovingsring (nl) m
• Finnish: kihlasormus (fi)
• French: bague de fiançailles f
• German: Verlobungsring (de) m
• Greek: βέρα (el) f (véra)
• Hungarian: jegygyűrű (hu)
• Irish: fáinne gealltanais m
• Japanese: 婚約指輪 (こんやくゆびわ, kon'yaku yubiwa)
• Ladino:

  Latin: aniyo de kidushim m

• Macedonian: веренички прстен m (verénički p'rsten)
• Norman: bague dé fianchailles f, bague d'engagement f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forlovelsesring m

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: anel de noivado m
• Russian: обруча́льное кольцо́ (ru) n (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó)
• Spanish: anillo de compromiso m
• Swedish: förlovningsring (sv) c
• Telugu: ఉంకుటుంగరము (te) (uṃkuṭuṃgaramu)
• Vietnamese: nhẫn đính hôn

See also

• wedding ring