Meaning

3 senses
  1. The period of time immediately following a marriage.

    Flitterwochen, Flitterwochen

    медо́вый ме́сяцmedóvyj mésjac, медо́вый ме́сяцmedóvyj mésjac

    медо́вий мі́сяцьmedóvyj mísjacʹ

  2. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

    We went to Greece for our honeymoon.

    Hochzeitsreise, Flitterwochen

    сва́дебное путеше́ствиеsvádebnoje putešéstvije, медо́вый ме́сяцmedóvyj mésjac

    весі́льна по́дорожvesílʹna pódorož, медо́вий мі́сяцьmedóvyj mísjacʹ

    a holiday taken by a newly married couple

  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).

    Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.

    The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.

    the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political

Examples

136 sentences
  1. I've been thinking about our honeymoon.

    ruЯ думал о нашем медовом месяце.

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  2. Did you have a nice honeymoon?

    deHattet ihr schöne Flitterwochen?

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  3. The couple went off on their honeymoon.

    deDas Paar brach zu seiner Hochzeitsreise auf.

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  4. Where are you going on your honeymoon?

    ruКуда вы поедете в свадебное путешествие?

    deWo verbringt ihr eure Flitterwochen?

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  5. Tom and Mary are on their honeymoon.

    ruТом и Мэри сейчас проводят свой медовый месяц.

    deTom und Maria sind in den Flitterwochen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
period of time immediately following a marriage:
trip taken by a newly married couple:
Русский
By meaning 2
period of time immediately following a marriage:
trip taken by a newly married couple:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
period of time immediately following a marriage:
trip taken by a newly married couple:

Origin

From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equiv

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.

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Forms

plural: honeymoons
Singularhoneymoon
Pluralhoneymoons

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • for their honeymoon
  • on their honeymoon
  • on our honeymoon

See also

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