wedlock

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being married.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A wife; a married woman.

Concepts

mariage

💍

union

Synonymes

matrimony

marriage

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wedding

💒

family life

married life

espousal

conjugality

spousal relationship

bridal

union

spousals

marriage-tie

match

nuptial

nuptials

married state

conjugal state

marital bed

Traductions

γάμος

matrimonio

matrimonio

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huwelijk

💍

casamento

💒

Ehe

💍

evlilik

💍

casamiento

💍

matrimónio

conjugium

Ehestand

matrimônio

echt

nikâh

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɛd.lɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wedlok

Hérité de ancien anglais: wedlāc

In summary

From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.