wedding

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• rhymes with -ɛdɪŋ
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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈwɛdɪŋ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈwedɪŋ/
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• Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/ without NG-coalescence
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• homophone: wetting (t-flapping)
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• homophone: whetting (t-flapping, wine–whine merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: W EH1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.

238 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ачара (ačara) — marriage ceremony
• Aghwan: 𐔾𐔰𐕝𐕄𐕒 (laśḳo) — marriage ceremony
• Albanian: dasmë — marriage ceremony
• Southern Altai: той (toy) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: عُرْس (ʕurs) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: زِفَاف (zifāf) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: فرح (fɑrɑħ) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: عرس (ʕirs) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: زواج (zawāj) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: جُوَاز (juwāz) — marriage ceremony
• Iraqi Arabic: عرس (ʕeres) — marriage ceremony
• Arabic: عرس (ʕurs) — marriage ceremony
• Tunisian Arabic: عرس (ʕers) — marriage ceremony
• Armenian: հարսանիք (harsanikʻ) — marriage ceremony
• Armenian: պսակ (psak) — marriage ceremony
• Aromanian: numtã — marriage ceremony
• Assamese: বিয়া (bia) — marriage ceremony
• Asturian: boda — marriage ceremony
• Atong (India): bia — marriage ceremony
• Avar: бертин (bertin) — marriage ceremony
• Azerbaijani: toy — marriage ceremony
• Bashkir: туй (tuy) — marriage ceremony
• Belarusian: вясе́лле (vjasjéllje) — marriage ceremony
• Belarusian: сва́дзьба (svádzʹba) — marriage ceremony
• Bengali: বিবাহ (bibaho) — marriage ceremony
• Bengali: শাদি (śadi) — marriage ceremony
• Breton: eured — marriage ceremony
• Bulgarian: сва́тба (svátba) — marriage ceremony
• Bulgarian: бракосъчета́ние (brakosǎčetánie) — marriage ceremony
• Burmese: အာဝါဟဝိဝါဟ (awaha.wi.waha.) — marriage ceremony
• Catalan: boda — marriage ceremony
• Catalan: casament — marriage ceremony
• Catalan: noces — marriage ceremony
• Chechen: ловзар (lovzar) — marriage ceremony
• Chinese Cantonese: 婚禮 /婚礼 (fan1 lai5) — marriage ceremony
• Chinese Mandarin: 婚禮 /婚礼 (hūnlǐ) — marriage ceremony
• Chuvash: туй (tuj) — marriage ceremony
• West Circassian: нысащэ (nəsaśɛ) — marriage ceremony
• Coptic: ⲅⲁⲙⲟⲥ (gamos) — marriage ceremony
• Crimean Tatar: toy — marriage ceremony
• Crimean Tatar: dügün — marriage ceremony
• Czech: svatba — marriage ceremony
• Danish: bryllup — marriage ceremony
• Danish: vielse — marriage ceremony
• Dongxiang: ghurun — marriage ceremony
• Dutch: bruiloft — marriage ceremony
• Dutch: huwelijksplechtigheid — marriage ceremony
• Dutch: trouw — marriage ceremony
• Dutch: hoogtijd — marriage ceremony
• Esperanto: nupto — marriage ceremony
• Esperanto: geedziĝo — marriage ceremony
• Estonian: pulm — marriage ceremony
• Estonian: pulmad — marriage ceremony
• Faroese: brúdleyp — marriage ceremony
• Finnish: häät — marriage ceremony
• French: mariage — marriage ceremony
• French: noces — marriage ceremony
• Old French: mariage — marriage ceremony
• West-Frisian: brulloft — marriage ceremony
• Friulian: gnocis f du — marriage ceremony
• Galician: casamento — marriage ceremony
• Galician: voda — marriage ceremony
• Galician: casoiro — marriage ceremony
• Georgian: ქორწილი (korc̣ili) — marriage ceremony
• German: Hochzeit — marriage ceremony
• German: Trauung — marriage ceremony
• Greek: γάμος (gámos) — marriage ceremony
• Gujarati: લગ્ન (lagna) — marriage ceremony
• Haitian Creole: nòs — marriage ceremony
• Hawaiian: male — marriage ceremony
• Hebrew: חתונה \ חֲתֻנָּה (khatuná) — marriage ceremony
• Hindi: विवाह (vivāh) — marriage ceremony
• Hindi: शादी (śādī) — marriage ceremony
• Hungarian: esküvő — marriage ceremony
• Hungarian: nász — marriage ceremony
• Hungarian: lakodalom — marriage ceremony
• Icelandic: gifting — marriage ceremony
• Ido: mariajofesto — marriage ceremony
• Indonesian: pernikahan — marriage ceremony
• Ingrian: pulmat — marriage ceremony
• Ingrian: häät — marriage ceremony
• Irish: bainis — marriage ceremony
• Irish: pósadh — marriage ceremony
• Italian: matrimonio — marriage ceremony
• Italian: nozze — marriage ceremony
• Italian: sposalizio — marriage ceremony
• Japanese: 結婚式 (kekkonshiki) — marriage ceremony
• Japanese: 婚礼 (konrei) — marriage ceremony
• Kalmyk: хүрм (xürm) — marriage ceremony
• Kazakh: үйлену тойы (üilenu toiy) — marriage ceremony
• Khakas: той (toy) — marriage ceremony
• Khmer: អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ (ʼaapiə pipiə) — marriage ceremony
• Khmer: មង្គលការ (mŭəngkŭəl kaa) — marriage ceremony
• Korean: 결혼식 (gyeolhonsik) — marriage ceremony
• Korean: 혼례 (hollye) — marriage ceremony
• Central Kurdish: زەماوەند (zemawend) — marriage ceremony
• Central Kurdish: شایی (şayî) — marriage ceremony
• Northern Kurdish: dawet — marriage ceremony
• Northern Kurdish: zemawend — marriage ceremony
• Kyrgyz: кыз тою (kız toyu) — marriage ceremony
• Ladino: boda — marriage ceremony
• Lao: ດອງ (dǭng) — marriage ceremony
• Lao: ວິວາຫະ (wi wā ha) — marriage ceremony
• Lao: ສົມພົງ (som phong) — marriage ceremony
• Lao: ງານກິນດອງ (ngān kin dǭng) — marriage ceremony
• Latgalian: kuozys — marriage ceremony
• Latin: nūptiae — marriage ceremony
• Latin: marītāgium — marriage ceremony
• Latvian: kāzas — marriage ceremony
• Latvian: vedības — marriage ceremony
• Latvian: laulības — marriage ceremony
• Laz: ჭანდა (ç̌anda) — marriage ceremony
• Lezgi: мекъер (meq̄er) — marriage ceremony
• Lithuanian: vestuvės — marriage ceremony
• Lithuanian: santuoka — marriage ceremony
• Low German: Hochteyt — marriage ceremony
• Low German: Hochtiit — marriage ceremony
• Low German: Hochtied — marriage ceremony
• Low German: Hochtiet — marriage ceremony
• Low German: Hochtyd — marriage ceremony
• Low German: Hochtyt — marriage ceremony
• Middle Low German: hochtyt — marriage ceremony
• Middle Low German: Hochtydt — marriage ceremony
• Luganda: embaga — marriage ceremony
• Macedonian: свадба (svadba) — marriage ceremony
• Macedonian: венчавка (venčavka) — marriage ceremony
• Macedonian: женидба (ženidba) — marriage ceremony
• Malay: pernikahan — marriage ceremony
• Malay: perkahwinan — marriage ceremony
• Malayalam: വിവാഹം (vivāhaṁ) — marriage ceremony
• Malayalam: കല്യാണം (kalyāṇaṁ) — marriage ceremony
• Malayalam: താലികെട്ട് (tālikeṭṭŭ) — marriage ceremony
• Maltese: tieġ — marriage ceremony
• Northern Mansi: пӯри (pūri) — marriage ceremony
• Māori: mārenatanga — marriage ceremony
• Marathi: लग्न (lagna) — marriage ceremony
• Mongolian: хурим (xurim) — marriage ceremony
• Navajo: iigeh — marriage ceremony
• Nepali: विवाह (vivāha) — marriage ceremony
• Nepali: बिहे (bihe) — marriage ceremony
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryllup — marriage ceremony
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryllaup — marriage ceremony
• Occitan: nòça — marriage ceremony
• Okinawan: にーびち (nībichi) — marriage ceremony
• Okinawan: にーびち祝儀 (nībichi sūji) — marriage ceremony
• Church Slavic: сватьба (svatĭba) — marriage ceremony
• Old East Slavic: сватьба (svatĭba) — marriage ceremony
• Old English: ġifta — marriage ceremony
• Oromo: cidha — marriage ceremony
• Pannonian Rusyn: свадзба (svadzba) — marriage ceremony
• Pannonian Rusyn: винчанє (vinčanje) — marriage ceremony
• Pannonian Rusyn: одаванка (odavanka) — marriage ceremony
• Pashto: توى (toy) — marriage ceremony
• Pashto: واده (wāda) — marriage ceremony
• Iranian Persian: عَروسی (arusi) — marriage ceremony
• Iranian Persian: بَیوگانی (bayugâni) — marriage ceremony
• Plautdietsch: Kjast — marriage ceremony
• Polabian: traivă — marriage ceremony
• Polish: ślub — marriage ceremony
• Old Polish: swadźba — marriage ceremony
• Old Polish: swaćba — marriage ceremony
• Portuguese: casamento — marriage ceremony
• Portuguese: boda — marriage ceremony
• Portuguese: casório — marriage ceremony
• Romani: biav — marriage ceremony
• Romanian: nuntă — marriage ceremony
• Russian: сва́дьба (svádʹba) — marriage ceremony
• Russian: венча́ние (venčánije) — marriage ceremony
• Russian: бракосочета́ние (brakosočetánije) — marriage ceremony
• Northern Sami: heajat — marriage ceremony
• Sardinian: cógiu — marriage ceremony
• Scottish Gaelic: banais — marriage ceremony
• Scottish Gaelic: pòsadh — marriage ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: сва̀дба — marriage ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: венча́ње — marriage ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: вјенча́ње — marriage ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: svàdba — marriage ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: venčánje — marriage ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: vjenčánje — marriage ceremony
• Slovak: svadba — marriage ceremony
• Slovak: sobáš — marriage ceremony
• Slovak: veselie — marriage ceremony
• Slovak: venčenie — marriage ceremony
• Slovene: poroka — marriage ceremony
• Slovene: svatba — marriage ceremony
• Lower Sorbian: swajźba — marriage ceremony
• Upper Sorbian: kwas — marriage ceremony
• Spanish: boda — marriage ceremony
• Spanish: nupcias — marriage ceremony
• Spanish: casamiento — marriage ceremony
• Spanish: casorio — marriage ceremony
• Swahili: harusi — marriage ceremony
• Swedish: bröllop — marriage ceremony
• Swedish: vigsel — marriage ceremony
• Tagalog: kasal — marriage ceremony
• Tagalog: boda — marriage ceremony
• Tajik: арӯсӣ (arüsi) — marriage ceremony
• Tajik: тӯй (tüy) — marriage ceremony
• Tamil: திருமணம் (tirumaṇam) — marriage ceremony
• Tamil: கல்யாணம் (kalyāṇam) — marriage ceremony
• Tatar: никах (niqax) — marriage ceremony
• Tatar: туй (tuy) — marriage ceremony
• Telugu: వివాహము (vivāhamu) — marriage ceremony
• Telugu: వివాహ వేడుక (vivāha vēḍuka) — marriage ceremony
• Thai: งานแต่งงาน (ngaan-dtɛ̀ɛng-ngaan) — marriage ceremony
• Thai: การแต่งงาน (gaan-dtɛ̀ɛng-ngaan) — marriage ceremony
• Turkish: düğün — marriage ceremony
• Turkish: nikâh — marriage ceremony
• Ottoman Turkish: دوگون (düğün) — marriage ceremony
• Ottoman Turkish: سور (sur) — marriage ceremony
• Ottoman Turkish: عرس (ʼurs) — marriage ceremony
• Turkmen: toý — marriage ceremony
• Tuvan: куда (kuda) — marriage ceremony
• Udi: лашӏкӏой (laš:ḳoj) — marriage ceremony
• Ukrainian: весі́лля (vesíllja) — marriage ceremony
• Ukrainian: сва́дьба (svádʹba) — marriage ceremony
• Ukrainian: сва́йба (svájba) — marriage ceremony
• Urdu: وِواہ (vivāh) — marriage ceremony
• Urdu: شادی (śādī) — marriage ceremony
• Uyghur: توي (toy) — marriage ceremony
• Uzbek: toʻy — marriage ceremony
• Venetan: nose — marriage ceremony
• Vietnamese: đám cưới — marriage ceremony
• Volapük: mated — marriage ceremony
• Walloon: noice — marriage ceremony
• Walloon: noices — marriage ceremony
• Welsh: priodas — marriage ceremony
• Yakut: сыбаайба (sïbaayba) — marriage ceremony
• Yakut: уруу (uruu) — marriage ceremony
• Yiddish: חתונה (khasene) — marriage ceremony
• Yola: weddeen — marriage ceremony
• Bulgarian: съчетаване (sǎčetavane) — joining of two or more parts
• Bulgarian: съединяване (sǎedinjavane) — joining of two or more parts
• Finnish: yhdistäminen — joining of two or more parts
• Finnish: liitos — joining of two or more parts
• Finnish: liittäminen — joining of two or more parts
• German: Hochzeit — joining of two or more parts
• Polish: poślubienie — joining of two or more parts