nuptial

English

WOTD – 22 May 2008

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“I marry, I take as husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/
• (influenced by words ending in -tual, sometimes proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əl/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Adjective

nuptial (comparative more nuptial, superlative most nuptial)

1. Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
   • 1988, Contemporary Dramatists, page 390:

     To prevent the erosion of his own authority, Basil is persuaded to re-enact his father's crime — to unflower the servant girl on her nuptial night.

2. Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.

Synonyms

• (pertaining to wedding and marriage): bridal, spousal

Derived terms

• antenuptial
• inter-nuptial
• mid-nuptial
• nuptial act
• nuptial crest
• nuptial plumage
• nuptials
• nuptial season
• postnuptial
• prenuptial

 

Related terms

• connubial
• nubile

Translations

pertaining to wedding and marriage

• Armenian: հարսանեկան (hy) (harsanekan), հարսանյաց (hy) (harsanyacʻ)
• Bulgarian: сватбен (bg) (svatben)
• Catalan: nupcial
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婚禮的／婚礼的 (hūnlǐde)

• Finnish: avioliitto- (fi)
• French: nuptial (fr)
• Georgian: საქორწილო (sakorc̣ilo)
• German: hochzeitlich (de)
• Italian: nuziale (it)
• Malay: perkahwinan (ms)
• Polish: ślubny (pl), weselny (pl), małżeński (pl)
• Portuguese: nupcial (pt)
• Romanian: de nuntă, nupțial (ro)
• Russian: бра́чный (ru) (bráčnyj)
• Spanish: nupcial (es)

capable, or characteristic, of breeding

Anagrams

• patulin, unplait

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nyp.sjal/

Adjective

nuptial (feminine nuptiale, masculine plural nuptiaux, feminine plural nuptiales)

1. nuptial

Descendants

• → Romanian: nupțial

References

• “nuptial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.