wedding
A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriageA marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Meaning
2 sensesA marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."
Hochzeit, Trauung
сва́дьбаsvádʹba, венча́ниеvenčánije, бракосочета́ниеbrakosočetánije
весі́лляvesíllja, сва́дьбаsvádʹba, сва́йбаsvájba
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
(idiomatic)The joining of two or more parts.
The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
1900, Eve Emery Dye, McLoughlin and Old Oregon, 2005 facsimile edition, page 56, That wedding of the fur companies is historic.
Hochzeit
Examples
1253 sentencesI was invited to their wedding.
Мене запросили на їхнє весілля. — deniko
ruЯ был приглашён на их свадьбу. — marafon
deIch war zu ihrer Hochzeit eingeladen. — MUIRIEL
Tom took off his wedding ring.
Том зняв своб обручку. — deniko
ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо. — odexed
deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom took his wedding ring off.
Том зняв своб обручку. — deniko
ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо. — odexed
deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Did anyone sing at your wedding?
На твоєму весіллі хтось співав? — deniko
Did anybody sing at your wedding?
На твоєму весіллі хтось співав? — deniko
deHat jemand auf deiner Hochzeit gesungen? — Melang
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), eFrom Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.
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Forms
plural: weddingsSynonyms
6 synonyms- the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed:wedding ceremonynuptialshymeneals
- a party of people at a wedding:wedding party
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony:marriagemarriage ceremony
Word family
48 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- wedding ring
- wedding anniversary
- a wedding ring
- his wedding ring
- her wedding dress
- at our wedding
- wedding dress
- wearing a wedding
- at your wedding
- to our wedding
- their wedding anniversary
- to their wedding
See also
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