honeymoon

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The period of time immediately following a marriage.
2. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.
3. (broadly) A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).

Verb

To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).

Conceptes

lluna de mel

lluna

🌔

passar la lluna de mel

Sinònims

excursion

holiday

moon

🌔

wedding night

honeymoon period

Traduccions

luna de miel

luna di miele

lune de miel

Flitterwochen

μήνας του μέλιτος

Hochzeitsreise

voyage de noces

wittebroodsweken

viaggio di nozze

huwelijksreis

balayı

lua de mel

شهر العسل

lua-de-mel

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb Middle Low German: suckermânt

Cognat amb alemany: Honigmond

In summary

From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equivalent to honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became "the first month, or moon after marriage", which tends to be the sweetest.
Compare Middle Low German suckermânt (“honeymoon”, literally “sugar-month”), German Low German Hönnigweken (“honeymoon”, literally “honey-weeks”). The German Honigmond (literally “honey-moon”) is a calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of the English term.

Frases

Thanks for the story and good luck on your honeymoon .