Standard Lemma guide

intermarry

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmæɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 M AE1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Mary was Catholic and Ron was Jewish, but they decided that it was acceptable to intermarry.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intramarry

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English marry English intermarry From inter- + marry.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Irish: pós a chéile — to marry a member of another group
  • Italian: imparentarsi — to marry a member of another group
  • Italian: apparentarsi — to marry a member of another group
  • Māori: moe whakawhitiwhiti — to marry a member of another group
  • Irish: pós a muintir féin — to marry within the same group
  • Italian: imparentarsi — to marry within the same group
  • Italian: apparentarsi — to marry within the same group