betrothal

English

Etymology

From betroth +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /bɪˈtɹoʊ.ðəl/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /bɪˈtɹəʉ.ðəl/, /bɪˈtɹɐʉ.ðəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊðəl

Noun

betrothal (countable and uncountable, plural betrothals)

1. The act of betrothing.
2. The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people.

Synonyms

• betrothment
• affiance

Derived terms

• prebetrothal

Translations

mutual promise

Albanian: mblesë (sq) f Arabic: please add this translation if you can Aromanian: isozmã f, arãvoanã f Bulgarian: годеж m (godež), бракосъчетание (bg) n (brakosǎčetanie) Chinese: Mandarin: 定親 / 定亲 (zh) (dìngqīn), 婚約 / 婚约 (zh) (hūnyuē) Czech: zasnoubení n Dutch: verloving (nl) f, ondertrouw (nl) m Finnish: kihlaus (fi), kihlautuminen (fi) French: accordailles (fr) f pl, fiançailles (fr) f pl German: Verlobung (de) f, Verlöbnis (de) n Hochpreußisch: Verlobung Kölnisch: Verlobung Oberlausitzisch: Verlobung Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (fragifts) Greek: αρραβώνας (el) m (arravónas), αρραβώνιασμα (el) n (arravóniasma) Gujarati: સગાઈ f (sagāī) Irish: cleamhnas m Italian: fidanzamento (it) m Japanese: 婚約 (ja) (こんやく, kon'yaku) Korean: 약혼 (ko) (yakhon) Latin: sponsālia n pl Low German: Ferluawunge f (Sauerländisch), Verlawung f ((also) Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch), Verlowung f, Verlobung f Macedonian: веридба f (veridba) Maori: moumouranga Persian: نامزدی (fa) (nâmzadi) Polish: zaręczyny (pl) pl Portuguese: esponsais (pt) m pl, noivado (pt) m Romanian: logodnă (ro) f Russian: помо́лвка (ru) f (pomólvka), обруче́ние (ru) n (obručénije) Scottish Gaelic: rèiteach m Spanish: esponsales (es) m pl, palabra de matrimonio f, promesa de matrimonio f Tagalog: talimbuhol Vietnamese: sự đính hôn (vi)

References

• “betrothal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.