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- [ma-truh-moh-nee]
- /ˈmæ trəˌmoʊ ni/
- /ˈmæt.rɪ.mə.ni/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ma-truh-moh-nee]
- /ˈmæ trəˌmoʊ ni/
Definitions of matrimony word
- noun plural matrimony the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years. 1
- noun plural matrimony the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage: The priest has united them in the bonds of holy matrimony. 1
- noun matrimony The state or ceremony of being married; marriage. 1
- abbreviation MATRIMONY marriage 1
- uncountable noun matrimony Matrimony is marriage. 0
- noun matrimony the state or condition of being married 0
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Origin of matrimony
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Latin mātrimōnium wedlock. See matri-, -mony
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Parts of speech for Matrimony
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matrimony popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for matrimony
noun matrimony
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- wedlock — the state of marriage; matrimony.
- union — a township in NE New Jersey.
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
Antonyms for matrimony
noun matrimony
- divorce — a divorced man.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
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