mésalliance

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mésalliance

/mɛˈzæli.əns/ UK
/meɪ̯zəˈlaɪ̯əns/ US

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Borrowed from French mésalliance, from mésallier (“to misally”).

noun mésalliances · mesalliance

Marriage with a person of inferior social position. The case is very different in England, where a grocer's daughter would think she made a mésalliance by marrying a painter […]

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Français	mésalliance
Deutsch	Mesalliance, Missheirat

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@misc{me_salliance_2026,
  title = {mésalliance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/m%C3%A9salliance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}