adj
Meaning 1
Engaged to be married.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the betrothed couple
- publicly betrothed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
betrothed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/
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/bɪˈtɹəʊθt/
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rhymes with -əʊðd
noun
Meaning 2
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She introduced him as her betrothed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of betroth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- 1901, American Standard Version of the Bible, Luke 1:27http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=1&verse=26&end_verse=28&version=8&context=context A virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
pledged to be married
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the engaged couple
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bespoken
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the person to whom you are engaged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lover
Narrower terms: fiance, groom-to-be, fiancee, bride-to-be
History
Etymology
From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: خطب — fiancé or fiancée
- Arabic: مَخْطُوب (maḵṭūb) — fiancé or fiancée
- Arabic: مَخْطُوبَة (maḵṭūba) — fiancé or fiancée
- Catalan: promès — fiancé or fiancée
- Catalan: promesa — fiancé or fiancée
- Chinese Mandarin: 訂婚了 /订婚了 (dìnghūn le) — fiancé or fiancée
- Czech: zasnoubený — fiancé or fiancée
- Dutch: verloofd — fiancé or fiancée
- Esperanto: fianĉo — fiancé or fiancée
- Esperanto: fianĉino — fiancé or fiancée
- Finnish: kihlattu — fiancé or fiancée
- French: fiancé — fiancé or fiancée
- French: fiancée — fiancé or fiancée
- German: Verlobter — fiancé or fiancée
- German: Verlobte — fiancé or fiancée
- Italian: fidanzato — fiancé or fiancée
- Italian: fidanzata — fiancé or fiancée
- Japanese: 婚約している (kon'yaku-shite iru) — fiancé or fiancée
- Malagasy: voafofo — fiancé or fiancée
- Norwegian Bokmål: forlovede — fiancé or fiancée
- Polish: narzeczony — fiancé or fiancée
- Polish: narzeczona — fiancé or fiancée
- Polish: oblubieniec — fiancé or fiancée
- Polish: oblubienica — fiancé or fiancée
- Portuguese: comprometido — fiancé or fiancée
- Russian: помо́лвленный (pomólvlennyj) — fiancé or fiancée
- Russian: помо́лвленная (pomólvlennaja) — fiancé or fiancée
- Russian: обручённый (obručónnyj) — fiancé or fiancée
- Russian: обручённая (obručónnaja) — fiancé or fiancée
- Spanish: comprometida — fiancé or fiancée
- Spanish: comprometido — fiancé or fiancée
- Swedish: förlovad — fiancé or fiancée
- Swedish: trolovad — fiancé or fiancée
- Swedish: fästman — fiancé or fiancée
- Swedish: fästmö — fiancé or fiancée
- Irish: geallta — past of betroth
- Irish: dálta — past of betroth
- Irish: luaite — past of betroth
- Norwegian Bokmål: forlovet — past of betroth
- Norwegian Bokmål: trolovet — past of betroth
- Polish: zaręczony — past of betroth
- Spanish: desposado — past of betroth
- Swedish: trolovad — past of betroth
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