nuptials

Meaning

A wedding ceremony.

Synonyms

wedding

💒

marriage

💍

hymeneals

matrimony

wedding ceremony

bridal

marriage ceremony

espousal

spousals

ceremony

consummation

match

nuptial

nuptial ceremony

wedlock

matrimonial ceremony

Translations

Hochzeit

💒

noces

mariage

💍

Heirat

boda

💒

bruiloft

Eheschließung

💍

noce

💒

Vermählung

💍

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnʌp.ʃəlz/

Etymology

Cognate with French: noces

Cognate with Italian: nozze

In summary

From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ- (“to marry, wed”). Cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.