wedlock

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

huwelijk

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echt

echtverbintenis

huwelijkse staat

Synoniemen

matrimony

marriage

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wedding

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family life

married life

espousal

conjugality

spousal relationship

bridal

union

spousals

marriage-tie

match

nuptial

nuptials

married state

conjugal state

marital bed

Vertalingen

mariage

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matrimonio

γάμος

matrimonio

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evlilik

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Ehe

💍

casamento

💒

casamiento

💍

matrimônio

nikâh

Ehestand

matrimónio

conjugium

ehe

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɛd.lɒk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wedlok

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.