nuptial
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“I marry, I take as husband”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/
- (influenced by words ending in -tual, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əl/
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Adjective edit
nuptial (comparative more nuptial, superlative most nuptial)
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Translations edit
pertaining to wedding and marriage
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capable, or characteristic, of breeding
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nuptial (feminine nuptiale, masculine plural nuptiaux, feminine plural nuptiales)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: nupțial
References edit
- “nuptial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.