noun
Meaning 1
Marriage; the state of being married.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
matrimony
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/
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General-American: /ˈmæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 T R AH0 M OW2 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The ceremony of marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A spouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sacrament
noun
Meaning 6
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marriage, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marital status
Narrower terms: bigamy, common-law marriage, endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage, exogamy, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamy, monogamousness, open marriage, cuckoldom, polygamy, sigeh
History
Etymology
From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ամուսնություն (amusnutʻyun) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Bulgarian: брак (brak) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Bulgarian: съпружество (sǎpružestvo) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 婚姻 (hūnyīn) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Danish: ægteskab — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Esperanto: edzeco — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Finnish: avioliitto — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- French: mariage — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- German: Ehe — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Greek: γάμος (gámos) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Greek: κοινωνία γάμου (koinonía gámou) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Hanunoo: ambán — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Hungarian: házasság — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Hungarian: matrimónium — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Italian: matrimonio — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Latin: mātrimōnium — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Latin: coniugium — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Latvian: laulība — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Persian: تأهل (ta'ahhol) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Polish: związek małżeński — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Portuguese: matrimónio — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Portuguese: matrimônio — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Russian: брак (brak) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Russian: супру́жество (suprúžestvo) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Russian: заму́жество (zamúžestvo) — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Sicilian: matrimoniu — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Turkish: nikâh — marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage
- Armenian: հարսանիք (harsanikʻ) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Bulgarian: венчавка (venčavka) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Chinese Mandarin: 婚礼 (hūnlǐ) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Danish: vielse — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Ewe: srɔ̃ɖeɖe — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Finnish: vihkiminen — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- German: Hochzeit — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- German: Heirat — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- German: Eheschließung — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- German: Trauung — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Greek: γαμήλια τελετή (gamília teletí) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Greek: γάμος (gámos) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Hungarian: esküvő — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Italian: matrimonio — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Italian: cerimonia di nozze — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Italian: nozze — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Persian: عروسی ('arusi) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Portuguese: casamento — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Russian: сва́дьба (svádʹba) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Russian: бракосочета́ние (brakosočetánije) — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Sicilian: matrimoniu — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Spanish: boda — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Swedish: bröllop — marriage ceremony — see also wedding
- Turkish: düğün — marriage ceremony — see also wedding