sposalizio

Italian

Alternative forms

• sponsalizio (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin spōnsālicius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spo.zaˈlit.t͡sjo/
• Rhymes: -ittsjo
• Hyphenation: spo‧sa‧lì‧zio

Noun

sposalizio m (plural sposalizi)

1. a wedding ceremony

   Synonyms: nozze, matrimonio

Proper noun

sposalizio ?

1. (Venice) the ritual wedding of Venice with the sea in which a ring is dropped into the water by a doge from a bucintoro (properly "lo sposalizio del mare")

Further reading

• sposalizio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana