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Either of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: jewelry, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marriage ring, wedding band
Antonyms: none provided
a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wedding band
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ring, band
From Middle English wedding ring, wedding ryng, weddynge rynge, weddyng ryng.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَاتَم زَوَاج
(ḵātam zawāj)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Bulgarian:
брачна халка
(bračna halka)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Bulgarian:
венчален пръстен
(venčalen prǎsten)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Chinese Cantonese:
結婚戒指 /结婚戒指
(git3 fan1 gaai3 zi2)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Chinese Cantonese:
婚戒
(fan1 gaai3)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Chinese:
結婚手指 /结婚手指
(kiat-hun chhiú-chí)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Chinese Mandarin:
結婚戒指 /结婚戒指
(jiéhūn jièzhi)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Chinese Mandarin:
結婚指環 /结婚指环
(jiéhūn zhǐhuán)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Chinese Mandarin:
婚戒
(hūnjiè)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Crimean Tatar:
nişan yüzügi
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Czech:
snubní prsten
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Danish:
vielsesring
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Dutch:
trouwring
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Esperanto:
geedzoringo
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Finnish:
vihkisormus
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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French:
alliance
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Georgian:
საქორწინო ბეჭედი
(sakorc̣ino beč̣edi)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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German:
Ehering
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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German:
Trauring
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Greek:
βέρα
(véra)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Hungarian:
jegygyűrű
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Hungarian:
karikagyűrű
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Italian:
fede
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Italian:
vera
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Japanese:
結婚指輪
(kekkon yubiwa)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Korean:
결혼 반지
(gyeolhon banji)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Latin:
anulus nuptialis
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Macedonian:
бу́рма
(búrma)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Macedonian:
ве́нчален пр́стен
(vénčalen pŕsten)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Maltese:
ċurkett ta’ tieġ
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Māori:
rīngi mārena
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Māori:
rīngi mārenatanga
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Norman:
bague dé neuches
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Norwegian Bokmål:
giftering
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
giftering
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Persian:
حلقه ازدواج
(halqe-ye ezdevâj)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Polish:
obrączka
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Polish:
obrączka ślubna
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Portuguese:
aliança
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Romanian:
verighetă
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Romanian:
inel de logodnă
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Russian:
обруча́льное кольцо́
(obručálʹnoje kolʹcó)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Scottish Gaelic:
fàinne-pòsaidh
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Serbo-Croatian:
бурма
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Serbo-Croatian:
burma
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Slovak:
snubný prsteň
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Spanish:
alianza
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Spanish:
anillo de boda
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Spanish:
anillo de casado
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Swedish:
vigselring
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Telugu:
ఉంకుటుంగరము
(uṅkuṭuṅgaramu)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Turkish:
alyans
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Ukrainian:
обру́чка
(obrúčka)
— a ring symbolizing marriage
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Vietnamese:
nhẫn cưới
— a ring symbolizing marriage
