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- [nuhp-shuh l, -chuh l]
- /ˈnʌp ʃəl, -tʃəl/
- /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nuhp-shuh l, -chuh l]
- /ˈnʌp ʃəl, -tʃəl/
Definitions of nuptial word
- adjective nuptial of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows. 1
- adjective nuptial of, relating to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals: nuptial behavior. 1
- noun nuptial Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage. 1
- noun nuptial Of or relating to marriage or weddings. 1
- adjective nuptial relating to marriage or weddings 1
- noun plural nuptial wedding ceremony 1
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Origin of nuptial
First appearance:
before 1480 One of the 25% oldest English words
1480-90; (Middle French) < Latin nuptiālis, equivalent to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); cf. nubile
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Parts of speech for Nuptial
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nuptial popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nuptial
noun nuptial
- spousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- affiancing — Present participle of affiance.
- banns — When a minister or priest reads or publishes the banns, he or she makes a public announcement in church that two people are going to be married.
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
adjective nuptial
- 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.
- wedding — the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
- bridal — Bridal is used to describe something that belongs or relates to a bride, or to both a bride and her bridegroom.
- matrimonial — of or relating to matrimony; marital; nuptial; connubial; conjugal.
- marital — Of or relating to marriage or the relations between husband and wife.
Antonyms for nuptial
adjective nuptial
- divorce — a divorced man.
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