单词 | nuptial |
释义 | nuptial[ nuhp-shuhl, -chuhl ] / ˈnʌp ʃəl, -tʃəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nuptial ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveof or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows. of, relating to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals: nuptial behavior. nounUsually nuptials. a wedding or marriage. Origin of nuptial1480–90; (Middle French ) <Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); cf. nubile synonym study for nuptial3. See marriage. pronunciation note for nuptialThe pronunciations [nuhp-choo-uhl] /ˈnʌp tʃu əl/ and [nuhp-shoo-uhl], /ˈnʌp ʃu əl/, by analogy with such words as mutual and actual, are not considered standard. OTHER WORDS FROM nuptialnup·tial·ly, adverbquasi-nuptial, adjectiveWords nearby nuptialnun's veiling, nuoc mam, Nupe, Nupercaine, Nuprin, nuptial, nuptial mass, nuptial plumage, nuptials, nuque, NUR Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nuptialBritish Dictionary definitions for nuptialnuptial / (ˈnʌpʃəl, -tʃəl) / adjectiverelating to marriage; conjugalnuptial vows zoology of or relating to matingthe nuptial flight of a queen bee Derived forms of nuptialnuptially, adverbWord Origin for nuptialC15: from Latin nuptiālis, from nuptiae marriage, from nubere to marry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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