wedding
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wedding¹
- /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ UK, US
- /ˈwedɪŋ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Sounds like wetting (t-flapping), whetting (t-flapping, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɛdɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.
noun weddings
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A 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."
Similar: nuptials
- The joining of two or more parts. The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
verb
- present participle and gerund of wed Accordingly the Prince, accepting her largesse, sought the King to whom he had pledged his parents (and they were still with him in all weal and welfare) and going in to him made his salam and kissed ground and told him the whole tale of the past and the conditions of death or marriage he had made w
wedding²
- /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ UK, US
- /ˈwedɪŋ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Sounds like wetting (t-flapping), whetting (t-flapping, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɛdɪŋ
Where it comes from
A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.
verb weddings · weddinging · weddinged
- To participate in a wedding. "Snowball" was the name of this good steed, and great care had evidently been taken in her grooming to make her worthy of her name, her bridle being also gaily decked with coloured ribbons, for, as John said, when attending to these duties, "You don't go out a weddinging every day, do you, old gal?"
Wedding³
Rhymes with -ɛdɪŋ
proper noun Weddings
- A former borough of Berlin, Germany.
- A former village near Berlin, Germany.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nuptials, marriage, wedding party, marriage ceremony, wedding ceremony, honeymoon, betrothal, marrying, matrimony, marry, wedlock, married, bride, marriageable, wife, intermarriage
Translations
Every language
noun marriage ceremony
| Español | boda, nupcias, casamiento, casorio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 결혼식 gyeolhonsik, 혼례 hollye |
| 日本語 | 結婚式 kekkonshiki, 婚礼 konrei |
| 中文 | 婚禮 /婚礼 hūnlǐ |
| हिन्दी | विवाह vivāh, शादी śādī |
| Kiswahili | harusi |
| Português | casamento, boda, casório |
| Français | mariage, noces |
| Deutsch | Hochzeit, Trauung |
| Italiano | matrimonio, nozze, sposalizio |
| Ελληνικά | γάμος gámos |
| Română | nuntă |
| Русский | сва́дьба svádʹba, венча́ние venčánije, бракосочета́ние brakosočetánije |
| Tiếng Việt | đám cưới |
| العربية | عُرْس ʕurs, زِفَاف zifāf |
| עברית | חתונה \ חֲתֻנָּה khatuná |
noun joining of two or more parts
| Deutsch | Hochzeit |
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title = {wedding},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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